Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of endpoint protection and response, security and compliance and IT operations solutions, today announced the results of an extensive study conducted by Dimensional Research and Tripwires Vulnerability and Exposure Research Team (VERT) on the state of enterprise patch management. The study evaluated the attitudes of over 480 IT professionals involved in patch management and assessed enterprise patch volume and installation trends. The relationship between patches and vulnerabilities is far more complex than most people think, according to Tripwire.”]