average time for services

Where can one find information on average time spent in issuing a patch ( any patch ) for a security software - open or closed source?

 

Can you be more specific?

 

I want to know whether open source security products gets patches faster or is it closed source products ( of eSecurity, Symantec etc., ) ? Also can I get the exact time taken for issue for patches that are issued.

 

Those are good questions. This is a classic discussion too. My experience with Windows XP is that I have had an average of 6.5 patches per month on the OS since 2001. Let alone Office. I have not yet tabulated Office. Hmmm... Where to look? I'll be right back with an answer.

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Thanks for the help.

 

Don't thank me yet. I don't have an answer. Still looking...

 

Oen;

You might want to contact SANS. You can look at VirusTotal. They have some interesting stats.

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Thanks! I will look over them and see if they have that information.

 

Please follow up. I am curious as to what you find.