Legacy Workload and Applications in Healthcare

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Microsoft ended support for the Windows 2003 operating system on July 14, 2015, and Windows Server 2008 January 14, 2020. Windows Server 2012 reached the end of life on October 10, 2023. RHEL support for 6.5 ended November 30 2015, and support for 6.7 ended July 31 2016.

Typical Legacy Workload Security Challenges include:

  • Support has slowed or ceased with obsolescence or vendor is charging very high fees to support end-of-life products
  • Legacy applications were written when application security was simple or non-existent
  • New vulnerabilities and the sophistication of attack method continuously evolves, reaching voluminous levels
  • Digital transformation is an arduous process taking months or years to complete as risk remains

How Virsec Protects Legacy Workloads

Virsec Security Platform allows you to protect applications running in Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS 6.5, 6.7, 6.10, and SUSE 12 with strict application controls and runtime analysis. It covers vulnerabilities exposed due to the time between patching and will act as a patch-bridge for Windows Server between upgrades. The implementation will continuously protect the entire software stack across all runtime components, including files, executables, processes, and libraries that allow attacks to build in memory as systems execute.

Server List

Version
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Released
2008
2009
2012
2013
2016
2018
End of Life
January 14, 2020
January 14, 2020
September 9, 2018
October 10, 2023
October 14, 2025
January 9, 2024 (Mainstream Support)
Extended Support** (On-Premises)**
January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023
October 10, 2023**
October 9, 2028
October 14, 2030
January 9, 2029 (Extended Support)
Extended Support** (Azure)**
January 9, 2024
January 9, 2024

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Microsoft Workloads

Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft NFS
Microsoft IIS
Microsoft Sharepoint

Open Source Workloads

Apache
TomCat
WordPress
NGINX

All Windows Server Versions

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
 
 
 
 
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server, version 20H2
Server Core installation R2 (Server Core installation) R2
Server Core installation R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Server Core installation x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Server Core installation 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
 
Windows Server, version 2004
Windows Server, version 1903
Windows Server, version 1909
Windows Server, version 2019
 
Server Core installation
Server Core installation
Server Core installation
Server Core installation
Server Core installation

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