How to roll out a patch policy
Initially, the "Default" patch policy is applied to all computers. Patch assessment is disabled in the default policy.
Once patch assessment is enabled, computers begin an assessment. This can take several minutes. Subsequent assessments occur at the interval set in policy, which is daily by default.
Note If computers run an assessment before Sophos Enterprise Console has
downloaded patch data from Sophos for the first time, the Patch Event viewer
displays no results. The download can take several hours. To check if this has
completed, see the Patch updates field in the
Patch Assessment - Event Viewer.
We recommend that you introduce patch policy as follows:
For more information on setting up patch policy, see the Sophos Enterprise Console help.