Windows 7 support - time is running out
Summary
This problem is not uncommon - industrial and trade operations as well as medical and healthcare organisations are often still using outdated systems, mostly for financial reasons. For control systems, this means separating them both from the Internet and from the rest of the IT infrastructure, for example by using a dedicated network with no connection to the outside world. Although this means additional effort, it also minimises the risk of an old control PC becoming a stepping stone into the company network for criminals. However, it is advisable to create a complete backup of the PC before taking the big step, in case something does not run smoothly during the upgrade. Depending on the size of the company and the number of computers to be updated, this is a mammoth project - and time is running out.