What can most easily be moved off-shore?

I recently read an article by CIO Magazine about what can “safely go offshore.”

I found the list fascinating, but I’m wondering what you might add to this list based on your experiences? Or, the way author Mathias Thurman puts it: “what I would be comfortable with outsourcing and what I would never want to risk putting in the hands of a distant provider.”

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I noticed that most of these are in regards to security and risk management. What other areas of enterprise IT do you outsource or stray away from outsourcing?

Here’s a list of items from the article that are safely outsourced:

• Security patches
• Intrusion-detection systems
• Vulnerability management

And here are some that Mathias recommends being more cautious about and consider keeping in house:

• Investigative work, forensics
• Data leak prevention infrastructure