Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/skills/building-patch-tuesday-response-process/references/standards.md

Standards and References - Patch Tuesday Response Process

Microsoft Resources

• MSRC Security Update Guide: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide
• Microsoft Security Blog: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/
• Windows Update for Business: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb
• SCCM/MECM Patch Management: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/sum/

Industry Standards

• NIST SP 800-40 Rev 4: Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Planning
• CIS Controls v8.1 Control 7.4: Perform Automated Patch Management
• PCI DSS v4.0 Req 6.3.3: Install security patches within one month of release
• ISO 27001:2022 A.8.8: Management of technical vulnerabilities

Patch Tuesday Statistics (2025)

Metric	Value
Total CVEs patched in 2025	1,129
Year-over-year increase	11.9%
Average CVEs per month	~94
Top category: Elevation of Privilege	~49%
Top category: Remote Code Execution	~34%
Zero-days patched in 2025	Multiple per quarter

Vendor Analysis Resources

• Qualys Patch Tuesday Blog: https://blog.qualys.com/tag/patch-tuesday
• Tenable Patch Tuesday Analysis: https://www.tenable.com/blog/tag/patch-tuesday
• CrowdStrike Patch Tuesday: https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/tag/patch-tuesday
• SANS ISC Patch Tuesday Dashboard: https://isc.sans.edu/patchtuesday/