What operating system do you use?Microsoft Windows XP End of Life

Microsoft Windows XP End of Life

• As of April 8, 2014 Microsoft stopped providing support for its Windows XP operating system

• Security updates and security patches are no longer available

Windows XP supports almost one in three computers

What This Mean For Security• No security updates means you don’t have the

latest protections against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software

• Anti-virus software will not be able to fully protect you

• You are an easy target for hackers because they know what XP vulnerabilities aren’t fixed

• Once you discover a vulnerability, you are on your own to try and fix it

What This Mean For PCI Compliance

• Using out-of-date software puts your business in a non-compliant status

• You no longer have support to fix any problems that might come up, some of which may make you non-compliant

Our Advice“In every case I always advise business owners to make sure that they have an up-to-date operating system, and have the latest available update or service pack installed.”-Brandon Barney, Security Support Director

For More Information• https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/docs/

PCI-WindowsXPV4_(1).pdf

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/end-of-support.aspx

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