How shadow IT and obsolete software menace enterprise infrastructure

By John Leyden for CSO
Thursday, June 13, 2024

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With 6% of IT assets at end of life, and almost one-third improperly managed, unpatched vulnerabilities are legion.

Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at ImmuniWeb, argued that the problems of shadow IT and outdated software are “deeply intertwined”.

“To combat against the risks of shadow IT, organizations should maintain and continually update a comprehensive inventory of all their systems, software, users, accounts, data and third parties that have any access to corporate data,” Kolochenko told CSOonline.com.

Sometimes even officially sanctioned IT systems are not kept up to date — such as those without adequate patch management systems in place identified by the Sevco study. Read Full Article