A material change has come to Java technology 1. As of
January 2019, Oracle, by way of its 2010 acquisition of Sun
Microsystems, has shaken up the way organisations can
continue to enjoy free security patches and important bug
fixes to the Java environments serving their Java applications.
To the unwary, there are costs involved – substantial ones in
some scenarios.
The inaction of observing the status quo and doing nothing is
not an option. In an era of digital disruption and a high state
of connectivity, trust and confidence are the currencies for
trading in an aggressive threat landscape. Java environments,
without the necessary security updates and vital bug fixes, will
present a route for vulnerabilities and an unintended act of
self-harm given the damaging consequences and loss of trust
that will ensue.