How will Windows XP end of support affect health IT security?

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http://healthitsecurity.com/2014/03/27/how-will-windows-xp-end-of-support-affect-health-it-security/

By Patrick Ouellette
Health IT Security
March 27, 2014

As is the case with most pending vendor support deadlines, the upcoming 
end of Microsoft Windows XP support on April 8, 2014 has been a polarizing 
topic in the enterprise and healthcare spaces. There are some 
organizations that may be unaware that Microsoft will no longer be 
providing security patches and others that are building Fort Knox 2.0 
because of the XP end of support.

However, a few IT security professionals within healthcare organizations 
told HealthITSecurity.com that they believe the biggest impact will likely 
be on smaller healthcare organizations. The reality for these 
organizations is that they must account for projects such as ICD-10 or 
Meaningful Use and upgrading their XP machines may go on the back-burner 
out of necessity. Without the proper funding and IT security talent 
available to some providers, these security concerns become that much more 
difficult to manage.

Stephen Person, Network & Security Engineer at North Valley Hospital and 
HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) said he 
guarantees that many organizations are looking at the end-of-life of 
Windows XP.

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