Older software is less secure, so always use the brand new version

Myth: “Older software is less secure than the newest release, so always upgrade to the brand new version as soon as possible”

The most obvious reason this cannot always be true, is that you will hear the opposite said just as often and with as much conviction!

So where does the truth lie between these two opposing extremes? Quite apart from the cost to your business in terms of buying software and disrupting operations, retraining users and so on, you have no way of knowing that a newer product is necessarily more stable than its predecessor.

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