Tag: Live Patching

SAP applications, considered the backbone for many enterprises, can have their availability enhanced through the use of SUSE solutions on AWS. SAP systems run critical business processes, functional and technical modules to meet their business goals. That’s why maximizing SAP applications availability is a common requirement for organizations. By reading this blog post, you will learn how customers increase their SAP applications availability with SUSE innovations on AWS.

Keeping your Linux system up to date with the latest operating system and application software patches is one of the most effective ways to strengthen system security. Enterprises sometimes neglect to install the latest security updates because most kernel upgrades and security patches require a system reboot, which means downtime and waiting for reboot cycles. KernelCare from CloudLinux can live patch Amazon EC2 instances based on AWS Graviton2 Arm64 processors.

Automatic software patching is not yet seen as a security benefit, even though out-of-date software is the cause of many recent cybersecurity failures. As companies and their staff become more security-aware and, in some cases, legally accountable for security breaches, system administrators are starting to see automated Linux kernel live patching as the missing link in their system security profiles. Despite the disadvantages, a system with live patching is safer than one without.