Routine security and software update triggers

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time monitoring, scheduling, and execution of critical security patches and software updates for emergency call booths.
1.2. Automating the detection of vulnerable or outdated software across remote kiosks, ensuring compliance with government and public safety standards.
1.3. Automates escalation, alerting, documentation, and remediation lifecycles for all update and security events.
1.4. Automating remote, centralized management of software assets to reduce manual intervention and downtime.
1.5. Ensures continuous automatable protection against emerging cybersecurity threats, prompts automated incident responses.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. A scheduled scan for available updates or vulnerability advisories.
2.2. Automatedly detected OS or firmware mismatches via API polling.
2.3. Newly published CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) alerts affecting managed devices.
2.4. Audit reports revealing non-compliance or missing security hotfixes.
2.5. System-integrity failures or anomalous network activity indicating urgent automatable defense needs.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Intune
• Feature/Setting: Automate Patch Deployment — Assign update rings to emergency booth devices, schedule automated rollouts via Device Compliance policies.

3.2. AWS Systems Manager (SSM)
• Feature/Setting: Automate Maintenance Window — Configure SSM Automation Docs to run scheduled patching scripts on registered endpoints.

3.3. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Software Asset Management Automator — Define automated workflows for update detection, patch ticket creation, and resolution.

3.4. Ivanti Neurons
• Feature/Setting: Automate Vulnerability Remediation — Schedule automated scans and remediation jobs targeting compliant software states.

3.5. Cisco Meraki
• Feature/Setting: Firmware Automation — Enable automated update channels to keep connected emergency hardware up to date.

3.6. JAMF Pro
• Feature/Setting: Patch Management Automation — Use automated policies to enforce up-to-date macOS and iOS versions on booth tablets.

3.7. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Automated Incident Trigger — Generate automated alerts if software update attempts fail or are overdue.

3.8. Splunk
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Security Audit Automator — Automate log analysis and trigger software compliance workflows.

3.9. ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
• Feature/Setting: Automated Patch Deployment — Configure patch cycles and compliance reporting for Windows/Linux/third party.

3.10. Google Workspace Admin
• Feature/Setting: OS Update Policy Automation — Enforce ChromeOS versions analytical through automated settings.

3.11. SolarWinds Patch Manager
• Feature/Setting: Third-Party Application Patch Automator — Create automated patch jobs for non-Microsoft software.

3.12. IBM BigFix
• Feature/Setting: Automated Remediation Task — Targeted fixlet deployment and closed-loop patch verification.

3.13. Tanium
• Feature/Setting: Real-Time Automated Threat Response — Automate update compliance enforcement and reporting.

3.14. GitHub Actions
• Feature/Setting: Automated Deployment Workflow — Build automation pipelines to push security or firmware updates on code merge.

3.15. Datadog
• Feature/Setting: Automated Compliance Monitoring — Automated detection of update gaps and trigger workflow runs.

3.16. Flexera
• Feature/Setting: Software Vulnerability Manager — Centralize automated tracking and patch enforcement for licensing and endpoint environments.

3.17. PDQ Deploy
• Feature/Setting: Automated Deployment — Push critical software updates across all booth devices with custom scheduling.

3.18. Lansweeper
• Feature/Setting: Automated Asset Inventory & Update Audit — Issue automated scan and compliance triggers for patch or update status.

3.19. Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator
• Feature/Setting: Automated Patch Policy — Enforce and automate update policies for endpoint protection and booth security.

3.20. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automated ITSM Notifications — Auto-trigger multi-platform alerting and ticketing when new updates are released or required.

3.21. NinjaOne RMM
• Feature/Setting: Patch Management Automation — Automate software and security updates, deploy patches remotely, schedule compliance scans.

3.22. Qualys
• Feature/Setting: Patch Management Module — Automate detection and deployment of OS and third-party patches based on threats.

3.23. Freshservice
• Feature/Setting: Automated Workflow Orchestration — Automate patch approval, deployment, and incident resolution processes.

3.24. SysAid
• Feature/Setting: Update Automation Workflows — Schedule automated patch and security update workflows for compliance assurance.

Benefits

4.1. Automates mitigation of software vulnerabilities, reducing security breach risk.
4.2. Centralizes and standardizes update compliance, enabling auditable, automatable record keeping.
4.3. Minimizes manual labor and accelerates response to new security threats through automation.
4.4. Ensures continuous availability and safety of emergency call booths via automated maintenance.
4.5. Reduces compliance failure and fines with regular, automated audit trails and documentation.
4.6. Delivers proactive, automating defense posture critical for public sector and safety standards compliance.
4.7. Automator applications facilitate lower operation cost and predictably scheduled security hygiene.
4.8. Improves resilience and operational uptime for government emergency infrastructure through automation.