Is It Finally Time For Windows 11?
October 11, 2022
Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system (OS) is almost a year old and recently received its first major update. Yet many businesses and end-users have not yet “made the move,” leaving in place outdated operating systems and in some cases, end-of-life (EOL) OS that create security risks due to no further security patches and updates.
A look at Windows History
It’s interesting how Microsoft currently manages new OS releases as compared to previous launches, especially Windows 95. Many industry experts believe Windows 95 to have been both the best and worst of Microsoft’s OS launches – the best due to its extensive marketing efforts that had people lined up around the block to buy it (back then you paid for OS upgrades), and the worst because to related flawed development and support process.
At that time, Microsoft had not yet realized the need to deal with evolving and increasing PC complexity and diversity. Changes made the Windows 95 between the beta and release candidates left the final product less functional that its beta version. And to complicate matters, the support process left end-users who required support getting a busy signal instead of immediate assistance, essentially “wiping out” Microsoft’s superb Marketing efforts. Since that time, Microsoft has worked diligently to improve its development efforts. According to various analysts, compared to earlier Windows OS releases (Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Vista, and Windows 8), Windows 10 was viewed as a near-perfect release.
Yet when Windows 11 was initially released, numerous incompatibilities were discovered with non-TPM equipped PCs (intended for home consumer use) that were sold to businesses during the surge in demand due to work from home requirements during COVID-19 isolation.
But for businesses who invest in technology to ensure business grade, enterprise-level hardware, the transition to Windows 11 delivers enhanced security, improved support for newer hardware and various other benefits. Additionally, it’s been determined that the Windows 11 OS provides a measurable boost to productivity once fully deployed.
Targeted Benefits
Once your business continuity plan is fully in motion, your focus must now quickly shift to the attack response, especially with regards to limiting the amount and spread of damage. And with the continued evolution of ransomware and attacks, including polymorphic spread, the attack can occur quickly and become infectious across your entire business. As such, the speed with response is critical to the lifeline of your company.
And damage control does equate to effective mitigation of the attack’s spread, including recovering affected systems, rebuilding impacted portions of the environment, and capturing as much forensic data as possible for review and future prevention. While the “heat of the moment” can create a first thought of literally shutting everything down, you should instead focus on disconnecting network assets to limit the attack’s radius, but not shutting down the power given that doing so can result in the loss of vital data and analytics including reference data for the attack itself.
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