More than 1,300 processes for illegal use of software at the end d – Review

More than 1,300 cases of illegal use of software programs are open in Panama at the end of 2015, reported BSA | The Software Alliance, the leading advocate for the software industry in the world with governments and the international market, at the end of its activities in the last twelve months.

“This last year, BSA alerted 24 Panama companies about potential irregular situations in the use and management of their software, and we still have several hundred companies that are being analyzed, “said Rodger Correa, Director of Marketing & amp; Compliance for the Americas of BSA | The Software Alliance

For the next year, BSA. | The Software Alliance will increase its efforts, seeking to develop a network of partners in the public and private sectors to promote a culture of legality together, emphasizing the opportunities of legal software for companies and each of the countries where they operate.

“BSA | The Software Alliance has a number of tools many free voluntary and confidential that are aimed at supporting businesses, large, small and medium; to identify and correct any irregular situations in the use of software programs that often not the same companies can identify, “Correa

As noted last measurement of BSA. | The Software Alliance and International Data Corporation (IDC), 72% of software installed in Panama during the past year was unlicensed, compared with 43% worldwide. It was also found that the main reason for not using unlicensed software is to prevent security threats due to malware. The risks associated with unlicensed software, 64% of users worldwide unauthorized quoted by hackers as a major concern, and 59% cited loss of data access.

A more proactive during the 2015’s legal,
One of the most striking factors BSA | The Software Alliance is the active participation of users and companies in the promotional activities of legality. “People are increasingly aware of the benefits of legal software and disapprove of the use of unlicensed software in all its forms. Only during the last year it has doubled the number of anonymous reports on the website No Piracy “Rodger Correa, Director of Marketing & amp; Compliance for the Americas of BSA | The Software Alliance

Finally, BSA. | The Software Alliance also highlighted the increase of companies participating in its program of Software Asset Management (SAM for its acronym in English), the same one that promotes proactive management of software assets within organizations.

“We are working with companies, organizations, authorities and states to promote legality at all levels. That is a commitment not only to implement and enforce the laws they already have our countries but with every citizen and our countries in order to become more competitive, more prosperous from the legal use of software, “concluded Correa.