Security News > 2023 > August > Navigating Legacy Infrastructure: A CISO's Actionable Strategy for Success

While replacing legacy technologies can be costly, those costs may pale in comparison to a breach - both in terms of immediate financial impact and reputational damage.

Here are three ways you can communicate risk to your leadership team as you work to replace legacy infrastructure.

The best way to get support for updating or replacing legacy technology is to make the risk to the business real - and measurable - in a language they understand.

To make an even stronger business case, estimate the cost associated with each potential breach associated with the CVE, then compare these costs with the costs of replacing your legacy technologies.

If departments are using legacy technologies that are no longer supported by the vendor, they may be using cumbersome workarounds or holding off on meaningful improvements because they simply can't be accommodated by their existing systems.

If the job wasn't completed on your first go, it doesn't mean you have to simply accept the security risks that come with legacy technologies.

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