Organisations Expose to Risk As Microsoft Set to End Support for Window XP

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. There are indications that leaving Windows XP unsupported will expose organisations to a growing risk as the number and severity of security exploits grow, and continued support from Microsoft will be costly.

There are lots of organisations still using Windows XP. Really, almost every organisation will have some XP left, there is lots of Windows 95 running in hospitals, for example. But overall, when support ends, we estimate that 20-25 per cent of enterprise systems will still run XP and that one third of enterprises will have more than 10 per cent of their systems remaining on XP.

The risk of security breaches on systems running Windows XP beyond April 2014 is high. Companies
still running XP should address these concerns by having a plan to get rid of it as soon as possible.