Third Party Patch Roundup – December 2016

December is a busy time for most of us, what with the holidays, family matters, and the many tasks involved in wrapping up one year and preparing to embark on another. In the IT world, however, the network communications must go on, and keeping them secure remains as important as ever.

Here's hoping that all of our readers were able to make time for some fun and even a little relaxation during this hectic time, and that the effects of all the eating, drinking and being merry have begun to dissipate.

Some of our "usual suspect" software vendors were particularly generous this December, gifting us with a plethora of patches that kept IT departments scrambling to get them all installed. It was almost as if they had an inventory of updates that they needed to get out the door in a giant year-end "sale."