Earlier this week I was solicited for an interview with Bill Brenner, Senior News Writer for SearcSecurity.com on the topic of Oracle patches and their new Critical Patch Update bulletins.
Bill interviewed several DBAs and got some interesting opinions on Oracle’s patching procedures.
Jon Emmons, an Oracle database consultant and keeper of a blog called Life After Coffee, which focuses on Oracle security and other topics, said he also found the bulletin changes helpful.
“Perhaps the most valuable new feature in the CPU bulletin is the executive summaries,” Emmons said in an email interview. “These bulleted lists give a great high-level summary. At one point or another we’ve all had to explain to our boss why we need to apply these patches and now Oracle has given us the words to do it with.”
The full article, which came out yesterday, highlights mixed opinions on Oracle’s patching procedure and “improved” CPU bulletin.