Drupal security updating

Using drupal it's always good to stay up-to-date with security updates. The trouble is, how to update as it is usually a manual thing (please could you automate it Drupal?).

I've just found this article which documents it nicely

So, the manual process is:

1. Backup files
1. You really only need to backup the /Sites/All folder, but I backup all of it
2. I use FileZilla, and simply drag the whole online folder onto my machine in an appropriately named folder - /Backups/29-03-2015/webfiles/
2. Backup database
1. The database is probably the most important thing to backup
2. Log in to your myPHPadmin console
3. click on the database
4. Click on export
5. I just use the simple settings
6. When it's made the file, it'll give it to you to download
7. Download and put it in an appropriately named folder - /Backups/29-03-2015/database/
3. Download the latest Drupal release
4. Upload all the files
1. I use FileZilla, which doesn't replace folders, only files within folders. Very handy! You don't want to overwrite your /sites/ folder as this contains all your custom stuff!
5. Run the update
1. go to http://www.yourwebsite.com/update.php
6. Done!