Risks from Seldom Used Devices

Devices such as laptops and desktops which are seldom used are a risk to a customer’s security and can present a serious vulnerability in their network.

If they stay offline for a few months and then are re-introduced to the network these will not have current antivirus definitions or patches installed. The devices will be getting used immediately in their unpatched state, then often shut down again before all the patches and additional updates can be installed.

This can lead to some easily exploited vulnerabilities in your network that cyber criminals can use to do some serious damage to your business systems and infrastructure.

If you have any devices that haven’t been used for more than 2 weeks, give our friendly team a call to find out how to safely bring these back online on your network.