Search Security: As enterprises prepare for a potential security catastrophe after next month’s Windows XP end-of-life date, retailers and payment-processing firms face an additional risk: being unable to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
On April 8th, Microsoft will end support for its legacy Windows XP operating system. Customers using XP, which was released in 2001 and is based on kernel technology that dates back even further, will no longer receive technical support or security software updates from Microsoft.