
- Section 1.b.i: The executive branch has for too long accepted antiquated and difficult-to-defend IT.
- Section 1.b.iv: Known but unmitigated vulnerabilities are among the highest cybersecurity risks faced by executive departments and agencies (agencies).
- An overwhelming majority of Federal IT managers (81%) say aging IT infrastructures have a somewhat to extremely large impact on their cybersecurity risk.
- Aging infrastructure isn’t hard to find- 47% of Federal agencies still use Windows XP, driving a third of respondents (35 %) to report that this kind of aging infrastructure had a somewhat to large impact on their ability to affect vulnerability patching.