But, not having the time to review 198 updates shouldn’t justify automatically permitting the updates. I agree there isn’t time to review them, unless you have

But, not having the time to review 198 updates shouldn’t justify automatically permitting the updates. I agree there isn’t time to review them, unless you have plenty of staff and time (no one does)... but the recent Solarwinds debacle was a supply chain attack, and automatic updates allowed an exploit to be propagated to many companies and agencies. I would ask myself if I need that many packages. And raise the red flag with management that maintaining proper security is a challenge under such circumstances.