Security News > 2020 > January > Windows 7 remains an albatross at many large organizations
Among 60,000 large companies analyzed by security ratings company BitSight, almost 90% still have Windows 7 PCs in their environment.
Among the 60,000 organizations studied over the past 60 days by BitSight's data science team, 70% were using Windows 7 in some capacity.
At 51% of the organizations examined, Windows 7 was found on more than one in ten machines.
Further, Windows 7 use is more pervasive at large companies.
Among different sectors, education showed the biggest Windows 7 deployment rate at 84%, followed by government at 82%. Technology companies recorded the lowest deployment of the OS at 56%. In the retail, transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, just over 40% of companies have Windows 7 on more than 25% of their machines.