If your version of any software system is no longer supported, you are putting your business at risk and hackers are watching.
Devices connected to your network are more integral to your business then you think. Which means that a virus on any device could cause a major business disruption.
Although you can believe you can accept the risk of running unsupported software, you should treat it as a temporary strategy.
Unsupported software systems will expose your corporate network to cyberattacks. The cost and resources required to replace unsupported software will be much greater then making sure your software is supported. The perceived cost and impact of an adverse event caused by the unsupported software is huge, and can possibly put your organization out of business.
If your organization has decided to allow the use of unsupported software, senior management should fully understand the risks, and they should establish a policy for preventing unsupported software on its network. Such a policy must be part of the business risk management plan. It should specifically identify resources and earmark funding to implement the policy.
What can you do?
1) Inform senior management about the risks of running unsupported software.
2) Establish a corporate wide policy for preventing unsupported software use on your networks.
3) Ensure the corporate wide policy aligns with your corporation’s risk management plan.
4) Identify resources and earmark corporate funding to implement the policy.
5) Contact your software vendor.
We at Adept Technologies have replaced numerous unsupported software systems in our industry.
Contact us today to see how Adept Enterprise can help your organization.
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