In software, there are few oldies but goodies. Yet, perhaps we shouldn’t accuse developers of ageism. Sonatype’s 2016 Software Supply Chain report looked at 1,000 repository managers and the components they manage. Components more than two years old account for over 53 percent of the software parts development teams use in their applications, but represent 80 percent of the vulnerable components. One easy way to reduce the number of vulnerabilities is to make sure you are using the latest versions of code when packing, building and deploying your software.
