Patch & Software Operations

Patch posture that stays connected to risk, change and proof.

Bring Windows Update visibility, software inventory, approval policies, maintenance windows, reboot awareness and validation into the same operating model as vulnerabilities, controls and evidence. Windows capabilities are in pilot development.

Windows · PilotThird-party catalog · Planned
Patch & Software Operations · pilot workspaceWindows-first
12
Missing updates observed
4
Reboot awareness
37
Endpoint inventory scope
  • 2026-09 cumulative update12 endpointsApproval review
  • Microsoft Defender platform37 endpointsCurrent
  • Windows 11 25H2 readiness4 endpointsCompatibility review
  • Third-party applications—Planned
Policy, maintenance-window and deployment-ring views are part of the pilot architecture. No update is shown as installed until validation confirms it.
Patch lifecycle

Observe → Approve → Schedule → Deploy → Rescan → Prove

The target workflow keeps change control and evidence attached to every update rather than treating deployment success as the finish line.

Observe

Inventory and missing-update posture.

Approve

Policy and human approval boundaries.

Schedule

Maintenance window and deployment ring.

Deploy

Controlled Windows update job.

Rescan

Confirm state and reboot outcome.

Prove

Write the result into evidence history.

Windows-first scope

Operational visibility before broad automation.

Software inventory

Installed applications, versions, publishers and observed changes are in the Windows pilot collection scope.

Windows Update posture

Missing-update state, update history and age are being connected to endpoint and vulnerability context.

Reboot awareness

Pending reboot state belongs in maintenance planning and post-change validation, not in a separate spreadsheet.

Policies & maintenance windows

Approval policy, maintenance-window and deployment-ring screens establish the operational architecture; endpoint enforcement is in development.

Validation & rescan

The intended workflow requires a fresh observation after change and preserves the result as evidence.

Third-party patching roadmap

Broad third-party catalog support is planned. AssurIQ does not claim that every application can be automatically patched today.
Security context

A missing update is more than a patch row.

AssurIQ is designed to connect Windows update posture to the wider environment. That lets the team distinguish routine maintenance from a missing update on an exposed, critical endpoint.

  • Affected endpoint and business owner
  • Related vulnerabilities and exposure
  • Applicable controls and framework mappings
  • Remediation, validation and evidence history
Connected operations · one traceable storyFIND → REPORT
  1. 01
    Find
    Endpoint alert
  2. 02
    Understand
    Asset + exposure
  3. 03
    Fix
    Approved job
  4. 04
    Validate
    Fresh observation
  5. 05
    Prove
    Evidence record
  6. 06
    Report
    Customer brief
A stopped service or missing update keeps its asset, risk, control, remediation and evidence context.
Controlled change

Approval and validation belong in the same workflow.

Patch installation alone is not proof of the intended outcome. AssurIQ closes the loop with a new observation, then makes that result available to remediation, assurance and reporting.

  • Policy-based approval and explicit maintenance windows
  • Deployment rings and reboot awareness
  • Retry and offline handling in the endpoint pilot design
  • Rescan before completion; evidence after validation
Patch & Software Operations · pilot workspaceWindows-first
12
Missing updates observed
4
Reboot awareness
37
Endpoint inventory scope
  • 2026-09 cumulative update12 endpointsApproval review
  • Microsoft Defender platform37 endpointsCurrent
  • Windows 11 25H2 readiness4 endpointsCompatibility review
  • Third-party applications—Planned
Policy, maintenance-window and deployment-ring views are part of the pilot architecture. No update is shown as installed until validation confirms it.
Availability

Clear status, no roadmap disguised as release notes.

  • Windows endpoint and patch operations — pilot / early access
  • Core secure enrollment, heartbeat intake and scoped observations — available
  • Windows Update, software and service collection — in development for the pilot
  • Patch execution, schedules and maintenance-window enforcement — in development
  • Broad third-party patch catalog — planned
  • Linux and macOS endpoint agents — planned

AssurIQ does not claim general availability for endpoint patch deployment, broad third-party application patching or non-Windows agents. Pilot scope and activation are agreed with each participant.

Next step

Evaluate Windows patch operations in a controlled pilot.

Start with a defined endpoint group, agreed maintenance policies and validation criteria before broader deployment.