Nearly four in five companies, 79 percent, reported using Windows 7 machines. For businesses that still have the operating system holding a prominent position within its IT infrastructure, this poses significant security challenges and exposes the network to security breaches.Īs if the prominence of Windows XP wasn't enough of a concern, the presence of Windows 7 is also widespread across the businesses surveyed. The operating system hasn't received a standard security update since April 2014. Save for the most important security updates-including a patch to stop the spread of the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 and an emergency update offered in the wake of the discovery of the BlueKeep vulnerability earlier this year-Windows XP is no longer supported by Windows. In a survey of 489 IT decision makers at firms ranging in size from under 100 employees to as large as more than 1,000 employees, Spiceworks found that a whopping 32 percent of companies still have Windows XP systems that they rely upon.

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