New Hardware!
I've got a Dell XPS 8930 running Windows 10 now and I'm not afraid to use it!
... For business purposes.
It took a little wrangling but the box can also dual boot Ubuntu. If you are comfortable with me working on your company's project's in a Linux environment, possibly using a virtual machine, that would be my personal preference for security and data privacy purposes. If you are unfamiliar with this technology, consider discussing it with your favorite/trusted person from IT, or doing an afternoon's research online, or shoot me an email asking for more information about it at inquiries@wilder-dreams.com, I'd be happy to explain in more detail why these are safer options.
If you are of the mindset where you feel you need to be able to monitor/surveil your contractors' Internet usage or keystrokes etc. while on company time, I would probably ask that you provide me with a laptop with the monitoring software. I don't think I would be comfortable with installing that type of product on my company's assets.
If you would feel more comfortable with giving me your business if I were to upgrade to Windows 11, let me know. It seemed like it was kind of "six up, half a dozen down" to me, but I could probably be persuaded to upgrade by an account that was a good fit personality-wise. EAs have to be able to work hand-in-glove with their executive; as I say on my main page, in this line of business, personality goes a long way.