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Face the facts!
FACE THE FACTS If software licenses are little more than mumbo-jumbo to you, chances are you don’t know what software is installed on the PCs in your organization. This could have dire consequences. If you are absolutely sure that all software in your organization is properly licensed, you are probably aware of the fact that your competition may not be taking the issue nearly as seriously. Raising awareness. That’s the goal of the Fact or Fiction campaign. After all, the facts speak for themselves …
Cybercrime is more extensive than the worldwide black market in marihuana, cocaine and heroin together.
The commercial value of unlicensed software used by businesses in the UK amounted to ÂŁ 1,350,000,000 in 2013.
Every day twice
as
much people become victim of cybercrime as babies are born.
There is a strong correlation between unlicensed software and malware.
One in three copied software packages has malware in it.
Only 35 % of companies have written policies requiring the use of properly licensed software.
Even though IT managers all over the world fear the damage
caused by the use of illegal software, less than half of them are confident that the software in their business is correctly licensed.
In companies without a policy on software usage (either formal and informal),
59 % of employees
claim that they frequently use unlicensed software.
42 % of employees don’t know if there is a
policy in place regarding the use of unlicensed software within their organization.
Businesses that use licensed software are on average 19
% more profitable than companies that use unlicensed software.
In the UK, 24
% of installed business software is used unlawfully.
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