It’s a scene that security and IT teams know too well. Patch Tuesday rolls around, and before your morning coffee has even cooled, messages start pouring in. “Critical Windows vulnerability.” “Exploit detected in the wild.” Suddenly, you’re juggling a dozen open tabs, rescheduling meetings, and referencing an outdated vulnerability spreadsheet that’s somehow still your team’s “source of truth.”
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. In Adaptiva’s State of Patch Management survey, 98% of IT and security professionals said patching disrupts their daily work. More than half said patching has become a bigger challenge than identifying vulnerabilities in the first place.
And with good reason. In 2024 alone, Microsoft patched 1,009 CVEs across Windows, Office, Edge, and other products. That’s a staggering volume to manage and it highlights how legacy patching methods are falling behind. For many teams, Patch Tuesday doesn’t feel like a routine; it feels like a recurring emergency.
But What If Patch Tuesday Was Just... Tuesday?
Now imagine a different kind of Tuesday. The vulnerabilities still show up, but your systems are already responding. Risk is prioritized, updates are tested in structured waves, and deployments are handled automatically in the background. No scrambling. No downtime. No fire drills.
That’s exactly what Adaptiva makes possible with OneSite Patch. And it’s not just a future ideal. It’s the way our customers are patching today.
No More Scramble: How Vertu Motors Regained Control
Vertu Motors, one of the largest auto dealership networks in the UK, runs more than 190 locations and manages over 5,500 endpoints. Before Adaptiva, Patch Tuesday meant a weekly disruption. Each engineer lost more than 10 hours just managing updates. And when patching required pulling salespeople off their systems, it directly impacted revenue.
Non-critical updates were frequently postponed. Critical ones led to last-minute chaos.
After deploying OneSite Patch, Vertu automated patching across all sites and devices. Updates were deployed silently and on their own schedule. Patches rolled out in stages, prioritized by risk, and resolved vulnerabilities in under 24 hours, all without interfering with daily operations. The time saved and the peace of mind gained were immediate and ongoing.
The Threat is Growing Fast
Patch management isn’t getting easier. In 2024, over 40,000 CVEs were published, a 38 percent increase over the previous year. The average breakout time for attackers has dropped to just 48 minutes. Meanwhile, most organizations still take 30 days or more to deploy patches to 90 percent of systems. That gap is exactly what bad actors exploit.
Automation helps, but only if it’s intelligent. Scheduling updates is not the same as adapting to risk in real time or deploying in safe, controlled waves. That’s the difference with Adaptiva.
Patching, Reimagined
Think of patching like launching a spacecraft. Most tools are like rockets without guidance. You launch and hope nothing goes wrong. OneSite Patch operates like an autonomous mission. You are in control. You set the parameters, track progress, and step in when needed, but the system executes the plan with precision.
Adaptiva integrates with solutions like Tenable, CrowdStrike Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and SentinelOne Singularity Platform to bring in live threat intelligence and assess which patches matter most. Deployments begin with low-risk testing and expand only when conditions are safe, reducing the chance of disruption.
The result is a patching strategy that is smart, adaptive, and always aligned with real-world risk.
The Difference is Clear
Traditional Patch Tuesday is a scramble. Teams rush to review vulnerabilities, chase down approvals, and patch late at night to avoid downtime. They push through with manually pushing out patches without having a complete, real-time view of the picture or if remediation was achieved.
Patch Tuesday with Adaptiva is calm and controlled. Critical patches are automatically prioritized, deployments start quietly in test waves, and teams stay focused on strategic work instead of firefighting.
With OneSite Patch, patching becomes background noise, not a major event.
Welcome to the Autonomous Era
We are entering a new era where patching is defined by autonomous workflows, real-time threat intelligence, and complete visibility. This isn’t about removing people from the process. It’s about enabling them to focus on high-impact work instead of spreadsheets, manual approvals, and last-minute escalations.
Adaptiva doesn’t just automate patch deployment. We automate the full lifecycle. From risk prioritization to delivery and compliance, OneSite Patch works across Windows, Mac, and Linux supporting 20,000+ products without requiring new infrastructure or slowing down your network.
And with seamless integration with the vulnerability management tools you already use you can move from “exposed” to “remediated” faster than ever.
Patch Tuesday doesn’t have to be chaotic or require support groups. With Adaptiva, it can be just another Tuesday.
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