Readiness Blog

Critical Updates for Microsoft Office and Visual Studio Drive September’s Patch Tuesday
September 17, 2023
Microsoft this week rolled out 59 updates with its Patch Tuesday update, including critical patches for Microsoft Office and Visual Studio.

September Testing Guidance
September 13, 2023
Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. This guidance is based on…

Assurance Security Dashboard September 2023
September 12, 2023

Private .NET Installations: A Vulnerability Trap Door
August 25, 2023
As part of an ongoing security in partnership with Microsoft Readiness is working on application installation focused security issues. Readiness may not be a dedicated…

WinRAR Zero-Day Exposes Supply Chain Weakness
August 23, 2023
A few years ago (at a security conference) I was surprised to hear from a very respected security professional that their biggest fear (in answer…

Microsoft Announces Readiness Assurance on the Azure Marketplace
August 21, 2023
Assurance in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Microsoft Azure. Readiness customers can now take advantage of…

Zaptz Joins the Readiness Platform Partner Ecosystem
August 15, 2023
It is both a pleasure and a privilege to welcome the Zaptz team to the Readiness “Platform” ecosystem We have been working with Zaptz from…

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Rolls Out 90 updates for Windows, Office
August 11, 2023
Microsoft released 90 updates for the Windows and Office platforms this week along with another update for Microsoft Exchange — paired with a warning about…

August Patch Tuesday Testing Guidance
August 9, 2023
Testing Guidance Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. This guidance is…

Assurance Security Dashboard August 2023
August 9, 2023