Outdated Tech, Rising Risk: How Federal Agencies Can Eliminate Tech Debt and Reduce Cyber Risk

This report outlines the cyber risks posed by legacy, end-of-life/end-of-support systems in U.S. federal agencies and advocates a unified toolset and agency-wide Software Asset Management strategy to improve visibility, compliance, and efficiency. Using the NNSA’s modernization needs as context, it promotes Qualys Cybersecurity Asset Management and EASM for continuous asset discovery, vulnerability insights, passive network discovery, third‑party enrichment, and integrations with ServiceNow/BMC to maintain an accurate CMDB, reduce tech debt, and strengthen external attack surface management.