Windows Security Patches Windows Security Patches 
ITS sends email to campus department security representatives when Microsoft issues a security patch for Windows. CSS installs those patches as soon as possible on CSS-administered Windows computers. If you have a Windows computer that you administer either in the college or at home, you must install such patches yourself. The best practice is to have automatic updates turned on so that patches are installed as soon as they are available. Microsoft publishes patches and information about them the second Tuesday of each month, and sometimes more often.
On the Microsoft update site, you will also find patches for Office; those should be installed regularly also.
Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to install the patches. You must be running Internet Explorer to connect to this site.
The Microsoft Security page or the Security At Home page list all security bulletins issued.
Click on each bulletin link to get information about the bulletin such as its severity (critical, important, moderate, low) and to link to the update site.
The ITS Security office publishes information about Windows security patches, viruses, and other security issues. Read about recent notices; this page is accessible only on campus.
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