Why are so many mission critical hardware connected systems connected to the internet at all or getting automatic updates?
This is just basic IT common sense. You only do updates during a planned outage, after doing an easily reversible backup, or you have two redundant systems in rotation and update and test the spare first. Critical systems connected to things like medical equipment should have no internet connectivity, and need no security updates.
I follow all of this in my own home so a bad update doesn’t ruin my work day… how do big companies with professional IT not know this stuff?
This is just basic IT common sense. You only do updates during a planned outage, after doing an easily reversible backup, or you have two redundant systems in rotation and update and test the spare first. Critical systems connected to things like medical equipment should have no internet connectivity, and need no security updates.
I follow all of this in my own home so a bad update doesn’t ruin my work day… how do big companies with professional IT not know this stuff?