The most popular and comprehensive Open Source ECM platform
Let us know more
Software Licensing and Security: Nearly 40 Percent of Business Software is Unlicensed
Today’s world runs on software, but a study by BSA finds that nearly 40 percent of software running on business servers in the US isn’t properly licensed. In Vietnam the number is as high as 78 percent with many other Asian neighbors at numbers more than 80 percent.
Problems with using unlicensed software include security and legality. While some unlicensed software is simply pirated and not legitimate, and in those cases, businesses are open to serious legal damages and fines, but there are other reasons why software may not be licensed. For example, often to save money, businesses may have a perpetual software license and decide not to keep their software maintenance contracts current, with the attitude that if it’s working why pay for maintenance.
Using unlicensed software means that you won’t be receiving updates and reports about critical problems and security risks on a timely basis. The BSA report found that systems running unlicensed software are far more likely to be victims of malware. Vulnerabilities are costly and cyberattacks have cost businesses more than $400 billion in 2015.
A surprising finding of the BSA report is that the use of unlicensed software is widespread across all industries. Even industries that are especially risk averse like banking, insurance and securities were using unlicensed software in nearly one quarter of their applications.
