From: FedTech
Upgrading outdated technology systems can improve agencies’ security, according to an academic study.
It has long been a commonly held view in federal IT circles that legacy systems are inherently insecure, largely because they do not receive regular security patches for outdated software and code. That’s one of the reasons why the Obama administration pushed so hard on IT modernization, and why the Trump administration will likely embrace that approach.
Now, a new academic study bolsters the argument and gives even more ammunition to proponents of updating legacy IT systems within agencies.
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