IT OPERATIONS ARE LIKE HOUSES WITH ATTICS. STUFF COLLECTS UP THERE OVER TIME. FOR THE MOST PART, IT’S OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM AND SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN. YOU’VE HAD NO REASON TO GET RID OF IT, BUT YOU DON’T REALLY NEED IT EITHER. IT’S TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE.

NOT ONLY DO THESE ASSETS TAKE UP SPACE AND CONSUME RESOURCES, THEY ALSO POSE A THREAT. THEY’RE STILL PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT PROBABLY NOT MAINTAINED WITH CURRENT UPGRADES AND PATCHES. VENDORS MAY NOT SUPPORT THEM ANYMORE. THE EMPLOYEES WHO USED THEM ARE LONG GONE. THEY MAY HAVE HOOKS INTO VALUABLE PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE GROWN OVER TIME IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE WEAK LINKS IN YOUR SECURITY.

IT OPERATIONS ARE LIKE HOUSES WITH ATTICS. STUFF COLLECTS UP THERE OVER TIME. FOR THE MOST PART, IT’S OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM AND SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN. YOU’VE HAD NO REASON TO GET RID OF IT, BUT YOU DON’T REALLY NEED IT EITHER. IT’S TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE.

NOT ONLY DO THESE ASSETS TAKE UP SPACE AND CONSUME RESOURCES, THEY ALSO POSE A THREAT. THEY’RE STILL PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT PROBABLY NOT MAINTAINED WITH CURRENT UPGRADES AND PATCHES. VENDORS MAY NOT SUPPORT THEM ANYMORE. THE EMPLOYEES WHO USED THEM ARE LONG GONE. THEY MAY HAVE HOOKS INTO VALUABLE PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE GROWN OVER TIME IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE WEAK LINKS IN YOUR SECURITY.