Author Archives: Chris Dunsmore

AI-Accelerated Vulnerability and Patch Management 

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

We are pleased to announce a major expansion of our vulnerability and patch management capabilities across both N-central and N-sight is currently in the process of being rolled out. The rollout will be completed over the next few days. Vulnerability … Continue reading →

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Patch Management Engine (PME) 2.13.18 Release Candidate

Posted on July 16, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

Patch Management Engine (PME) 2.13.18 RC is now available. This release focuses on improving patching reliability, scan accuracy, installer compatibility, and troubleshooting capabilities across supported environments. Customers can benefit from improved diagnostics, more accurate application detection, and enhancements to the … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability & Patch Management Release Round-Up / Coming Soon

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

Third-party applications remain one of the most exploited surfaces in endpoint security, and the gap between discovering a vulnerability and actually remediating it is where risk compounds. This round-up covers what we’ve shipped and what’s now available through early access … Continue reading →

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Patch Management Engine (PME) 2.13.16 – General Availability

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

A new version of the Patch Management Engine is being made available to N-central and N-sight assets. This release focuses on improving patch scan data quality, delta-logic handling for N-sight devices, and network fallback resilience when connected probes are inaccessible. … Continue reading →

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macOS Patching – Public Preview for N-sight and N-central

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

We are pleased to announce the Public Preview of macOS Patching, bringing Apple macOS devices into our new unified, cross‑platform patching experience. This release will be rolling out over the next 24–48 hours. This release extends the same modern patching … Continue reading →

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Linux Patch Management: Decline and Un-decline Patches

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

You can now explicitly decline patches and remove the declined status when needed, giving you greater control over what updates are installed across your devices. What’s new Why this matters This enhancement gives technicians a clear, intentional way to: How … Continue reading →

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Linux Patching: New Pending Patches View

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

New Pending Patches View: See What’s Next, Before It Installs We’ve added a new Pending Patches view to the Linux Patch Management area, giving you a single place to see everything that’s queued up to install across all assets. This … Continue reading →

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Linux Patch Management Enhancements and Upcoming Mac Patching Preview

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

We’re excited to share an update to Linux Patch Management, along with a preview of what’s coming next as we continue to expand and mature our patching capabilities across platforms. New: Completed Patches View (with Export Support) We’ve introduced a … Continue reading →

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N-central Mac Agent version 1.13.1

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Chris Dunsmore

Today we will be releasing an update to the N-central Mac agent, this release focuses on these improvements: Network operation timeouts: Added timeout handling to prevent agent freezes during network operations. Smarter error recovery: TLS/connection errors now trigger endpoint rotation … Continue reading →

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Patch Management Engine (PME) Update – Version 2.13.9 GA

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Chris Dunsmore

We’re pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of Patch Management Engine version 2.13.9. This release contains the completion of 25H2 support, additional changes required to adopt the recent Microsoft patch title changes and changes to improve the resilience and … Continue reading →

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