Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security Holes

Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday addresses an unprecedented 974 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days and more than 100 critical flaws, underscoring how AI-assisted discovery is dramatically increasing patch volume. For CIOs and IT leaders, the business challenge is no longer just finding issues but rapidly validating, prioritizing, and deploying fixes without disrupting operations, making risk-based remediation and strong patch governance essential.