Windows 7 is turning ten years old later this month. At the same time, it has just over one hundred days until it will be no longer be eligible for technical assistance or software updates from Microsoft. As Microsoft committed to supporting Windows 7 for ten years from its initial release, this was not surprising.

It's hard to talk about information security without sounding alarmist. The cost and frequency of breaches is on the rise, and a breach is almost as likely to originate from a system glitch or human error as it is from something more sinister.

Security does not have a finish line.