Patching in 2026 with Susan Bradley

About this episode

How has patching changed in 2026? Richard chats with patching goddess Susan Bradley about what she's seeing in vendor patches and how they're affecting consumers and businesses. On one hand, you have the security risk of unpatched servers, which puts a lot of pressure on sysadmins to deploy patches immediately. And, at the same time, the number of patches has grown massively as tools like Anthropic's Fable have revealed far more vulnerabilities. Then there are the vendors that are slow to get fixes out for drivers and firmware for existing systems, increasing the risk of serious failures - it's not easy patching in 2026! Links • UEFI Secure Boot with Richard Hicks • Reassess your Windows Update Policies • Dell Hotfix • HP Bitlocker Loop • Suspend BitLocker Protection • End of Support for Office 2016 and 2019 Recorded Aug 21, 2026