
How to Set Up AWS Systems Manager Maintenance Windows
Information security regulations and standards often require businesses to perform regular maintenance tasks to ensure compliance. For example, PCI DSS Requirement 6 says merchants must deploy critical patches within a month of release. Failure to complete these tasks on time risks non-compliance. Unfortunately, many security-related tasks are disruptive—updating a server operating system can take the server offline. Therefore, businesses prefer to carry out patching and other potentially disruptive activities during…