T 2.83 Flawed outsourcing strategy

The decision to implement an outsourcing project is a wide-ranging decision. As a result, the company or government agency enters a close relationship of dependency on the outsourcing service provider. Therefore, bad decisions in this regard have serious long-term consequences. These can be organisational, technical, and also serious financial consequences.

Security problems (e.g. in case of poor availability) at the outsourcing service provider can not only be expensive, but also threaten the existence of the organisation. Misjudgements of the outsourcing organisation, however, can also have serious consequences. If, for example, the time needed (e.g. for creation of documentation, tests, protection of systems) is underestimated time delays are to be expected. Experience has shown that in order to make up for lost time and to save money, the time used on testing is often reduced which can result in security compromises.