This document provides guidance as to how Patching practices should be adopted by organisations in order to ensure the trustworthiness of the software they produce, procure or use.
It provides a mapping of the overall concepts, principles and techniques for trustworthy software to this particular lifecycle activity, and signposts related sources of amplifying information that may not otherwise been known to the readership.
It is intended as essential reading for those in the organisation responsible for implementing the decision to adopt trustworthy software, and is applicable to organisations of all sizes.