Monday, 9:13 AM.
The IT lead logs in, coffee in hand.
A ticket is already waiting.
“Why can’t we access Teams? Outlook’s acting weird too.”
He opens the dashboard.
A spike in activity.
Several users with suspicious logins.
One admin account—compromised.
The root cause?
A known vulnerability in a Microsoft 365 component patched by Microsoft last week.
But the patch hadn’t been deployed yet.
It was scheduled for… Patch Tuesday.
This isn’t fiction.
It’s a familiar story in 2025.
Attackers don’t wait for Patch Tuesday.
They exploit by Wednesday.
What’s changing?
Mid-sized businesses are moving from:
🕒 Scheduled patch cycles
to
⚡ Continuous patching models—that test, roll out, and monitor updates in near real time.
At Apexa, here’s how we help clients shift:
✔️ Run patch assessments weekly, not monthly
✔️ Use auto-deploy + rollback tools with minimal risk
✔️ Prioritize critical patches based on exposure, not just CVSS scores
✔️ Monitor the blast radius of unpatched systems across users and devices
Because delaying a patch does not make sense any more.
It’s a business continuity threat.
And when an outdated Teams plugin can be the door that brings your whole environment down—reactive security isn’t an option.
If your patching still lives on a Tuesday schedule, attackers are already ahead of you by a week.
Let’s modernize your response—before it’s tested.
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