Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job

The piece analyzes why patch management remains difficult despite increased executive awareness, noting organizations often achieve only 75–85% patch rates against 97–99% goals while vulnerabilities proliferate and the CVE backlog complicates prioritization. Analysts highlight ownership gaps between IT ops and security, fragmented tooling and data, bandwidth/remote-work constraints, and resistance to automation, arguing for unified vulnerability–patch platforms and human-in-the-loop automation. Although modern tools can improve visibility and efficiency, technical debt and lack of accountability keep many enterprises behind.