SecurityDevOps/Cloud
Patch Management
Also written as Patching, Patch Tuesday, Vulnerability Remediation
The ongoing work of finding which systems run outdated software and getting them updated in priority order, without breaking whatever depends on them.
Think of it like
Unglamorous building maintenance. Most break-ins use a door somebody already knew was faulty.
Junior or senior?
Deeply unfashionable and strongly predictive of real security work.
Senior sounds like
Talks about prioritising and about exceptions, not about a percentage-patched dashboard.
Ask them
“What was the oldest unpatched system you were responsible for, and why was it still there?”