Modernizing your tech stack

This week’s post from Lastpass tqalks about modernizing your tech stack and was briefly mentioned.

The blog is titled Modernizing Your Tech Stack and I was finding this quite interesting.

The bulk of the article talks about making sure you’re running up-to-date software, and we know that a bunch of the web and software is out of date.

No matter how tech savvy your end users are (or aren’t), auditing and modernizing your tech stack ensures all software and devices within your network are updated and that you have the proper tools in place to protect your business, as allowing your employees to use outdated resources leads to demonstrably increased cyber risk. As software and devices age, so does the effectiveness of its security. A good analogy in the physical world would be continuing to rely on hook and eye latches when we’ve advanced to magnetic locks and biometric access scanning. Your customers and your business are the crown jewels; protecting them with the most up-to-date technology only makes sense.

Headings in the article include:

• Mitigating cybersecurity risk
• Eliminating technical debt
• Unifying and cataloging your technology infrastructure

Each section should be read if you’re in this business, so that you’re aware of what might not happen if you don’t keep things as up to date as possible with things you know about and devices you don’t and what is expected.