More than 1,300 processes for illegal use of software to exist in Peru … – Management Journal

During the past year more than 300 companies in Peru were contacted by BSA | The Software Alliance to alert them about irregular situations in the use of their software.

More than 1,300 cases of illegal use of software programs are open in Peru 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, the closure of its activities this year.

“This past year, BSA alerted more than 300 companies in Peru 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, said 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

said. According to the last measurement of BSA | The Software Alliance and International Data Corporation ( IDC ), 65% of software installed in Peru during the past year was unlicensed, compared with 43% worldwide.

We also found that the main reason for not using unlicensed software is to prevent security threats due to malware.

Among 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.

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However, measurement allowed us to detect that one factor that stands out is the active participation of users and companies in the activities of promotion 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 has it doubled the number of anonymous reports on the website No Piracy “he said.

The increase in participating companies also had in its program Asset Management Software ( 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 to every citizen and our countries in order to become more competitive, more prosperous from the legal use of software, “he concluded.