Since Adobe regularly releases security patches, it is a no-brainer to choose this option-one less thing in a busy day to think about. Here are two notable enhancements in the security features:Īutomatic Updating. Reader XI installs with an option to download patches and update automatically. However, this latest version, Reader XI, offers some substantial improvements over earlier versions and is certainly worth a download and look-see. Adobe Reader XI, Adobe’s free PDF reader software, is one of those prizes: A rare, good, free thing.Įach new version of Adobe Reader has had slight improvements but, essentially, retained the same functionality-the ability to read existing PDF files. Once in a great while, though, you get an unexpected prize. Sometimes you get more than you bargained for, but not in a good way. And when you pay nothing, you don’t often get much in return. The risk assessment is something like this: "2 million more that I have to cut somewhere, or 5% risk of some serius issue that cost us two weeks and a data leaking.Mostly in life, you get what you pay for. To do proper IT to this sub standar, we should spend 4 million and hire 100% more people. If I press hard enough for 200 dollars for update one acrobat just because a maybe security risk, and I don't have enough lto tapes to do proper backup, they will think I'm a moron.Īnd to put things on perpective, our budget is 2 million.
I live in a very very exposed network, with hundreds of apps, most of them ancient, some of them with no modern alternative, and in top of that, the choice is not only what you prefer, 200 bucks for update a perfectly working software, or 200 bucks for LTO tapes, it also has a added layer over us of what we do, 200 dollar for IT or 200 dollar for help a needed family or 200 dollar for police car maintenance.
Your company isn't going to sink because a single piece of ancient software, only if is a targetered attack. I agree with that, but in the real world is not that common, and layers of security minimize risk too.
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