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Chapter 17: What to Look for When Consid... > Identifying and Avoiding the Risks
Identifying and Avoiding the Risks
Outsourcing is not always a bed of roses. Certain risks are involved with allowing an outside firm to manage all or part of your critical infrastructure. The risks can be broken down into four categories:
Technology risks: RFID is a critical new technology that to many organizations will become as important to their infrastructures as the Internet. Outsourcing the critical component to the wrong partner can put you at risk of technology obsolescence and leave key internal staff members with no understanding of the technology.
Education and regular reviews of milestones and benchmarks are your best defense against failure. You can also limit the technology risk by having one or two members of your team dedicated to keeping up with the technology.