With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech

Cisco unveils its “Resilient Infrastructure” initiative to mitigate risks from aging, end-of-life network equipment and insecure legacy configurations, introducing clearer end-of-life warnings and plans to remove unsafe settings. Research by WPI Strategy across the US, UK, Germany, France, and Japan finds the UK (and closely the US) face the highest relative risk from outdated tech, while Japan fares best due to consistent upgrades and a stronger focus on digital resilience. The report underscores that many breaches exploit known, unpatched vulnerabilities and calls for elevating modernization and patching to a board-level priority.