| Risk Category | Description | |---------------|-------------| | | Over 1,500+ known CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) unpatched since 2020 | | Network exposure | RDP, SMBv1, and other protocols have known remote execution flaws | | Driver & software compatibility | New hardware (NVMe, USB 3.x, modern GPUs) lacks drivers | | Compliance violation | PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and other standards forbid unpatched OS on networks |