Software and licensing solutions

SYDNEY - Sept. 28, 2016 - PRLog -- Software products in today's world are exposed to alarming rates of piracy and intellectual property theft. Malicious entities can deconstruct a software developer's products to alter data, duplicate and distribute illegal copies of unlicensed software. These threats not only impact just the software ecosystem, such piracy threats directly affect customer satisfaction, data integrity, quality of products and ultimately have a negative impact on a company's bottom line. In addition to economic losses, intellectual property theft also adversely affects innovation within the software development industry as a whole.

To counter such threats companies must ensure that they put in place sufficient licensing and their data as well as the software it self is encrypted during distribution. Licensing of software products is difficult and complex to enforce, with some software developers at times disregarding it all together. Adequate Software licensing that cannot be circumvented is paramount in avoiding the negative effects of security threats. Conventional licensing solutions are simply not sufficient in today's market, and have been ineffective for strong intellectual property protection by software companies.

Solutions

A well constructed licensing implementation must prevent unauthorized access and avoid any inadvertent distribution all while giving the customer tools they need to operate the software with an uninterrupted user experience.

A way to go about doing this is by implementing USB based protection when distributing software. SecuTech is an industry leader in providing highly robust security solutions. Their driverless UniKey dongle range allows software developers to load software onto their high security dongles, making distribution as simple as plug and play.

Secutech's UniKey dongles offer power-packed hardware protection solutions for the diverse protection needs of software companies. The UniKey range provide solutions that range from compliant software licensing to flexible and versatile licensing schemes that remove bottlenecks in the distribution of software. SecuTech's UniKey range assures increased efficiency in software distribution, protection against intellectual property abuse and revenue loss.

Compliant Software Licensing

Whether you are a seasoned programmer or a rookie, UniKey STD offers a cost-effective solution for many developers that enable the licensing of software to one user per dongle. UniKey is a standalone dongle ideal for software products that don't require networking based features.

UniKey combines a customisable and easy to use interface to deliver the best in software license control. This is facilitated through the use of a physical dongle and password protection. With UniKey, only users in possession of both the physical dongle and necessary software IDs are able to use your software.

Stringent mechanisms are put in place to ensure software integrated within UniKey cannot be circumvented and adhere to the restrictions as set on the device. Coupled with the highest level of security, UniKey balances the need for easy software distribution and flexibility.

Corporate Software Management

Designed for corporate multi-user software, added networking functionality UniKey Pro allows multiple concurrent users to use UniKey integrated software over the network. Perfect for developers releasing their software for wider distribution, a single dongle connected to any machine in the network allows a large number of concurrent users to access data. Additionally, UniKey PRO comes equipped features to monitor and manage the software's users. Unikey PRO is versatile tool suited to developers licensing software to entire organisations or teams.


Periodical Software Control

UniKey time enables licensing of software which requires strict time-based software restrictions.

UniKey time is the only available product on the market that comes with a real time clock that works independently of the host computer's clock – making the timing with UniKey time more secure and accurate. By embedding the clock in the dongle itself ensures an accurate and tamper-proof time and date, offering assured observance of real-time based features. UniKey Time is the must-have device for software vendors offering trial or time-based schemes.

Controlled data storage

Secutech's unikey drive further augments hardware-bound protection of software by proving secure mass storage that that allows data to be stored on the device. It offers a complete solution to store an application's data files and application securely. Mass storage is separated into four distinct partitions; normal, read-only, encrypted, and hidden storage. The UniKey drive guarantees integrity of the company's data and prevents the manipulation of data by users who may have malicious intent.

In the time that you read this article approximately 12,230 data records were stolen. It is critical that software developers put in place mechanisms to prevent any threats to their data security,

If you want to optimise and enhance the security of your software products, follow the link below to see how an industry leader like SecuTech can help you. Obtain a free evaluation Kit at: https://esecutech.com/evaluate