Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month. [...]
Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month. [...]
In context
- Topic: Ciberseguridad — Riesgo, identidad, respuesta a incidentes y cumplimiento.
- Source: BleepingComputer
- Published: 12/10/2026
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Why it matters
In security the story is rarely the attack. It is the time between the intrusion and somebody noticing. That number says more about an organisation than any certificate hanging on the reception wall.
I read it with the same short list as always: second factor on anything that grants access, tested backups kept off the network, and a real inventory of what is exposed to the internet. It is not glamorous, and it still prevents most disasters.
What usually goes wrong
The most expensive blind spot is usually the supplier. The organisation hardens its own perimeter and grants broad access to a third party that has half those controls. A good share of the incidents I have seen in this region came in that way, and the contract said nothing about it.
What to watch
- What could be restored and how fast — a backup that was never tested does not count.
- How it was communicated to customers and regulators, which is where reputational cost is decided.
- Whether third parties or suppliers were in the chain, because the perimeter now includes partners.
How I read this entry
I would use it for a conversation with the board, not with the technical team. The question you must be able to answer there is how long the business can operate without its systems and what each day of that outage costs. With that number, the security budget gets discussed differently.
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Living through this in your own team?
Open the chat and tell me how you're handling it. I'm interested in comparing notes.
