Does your Business have Illegal Software?

According to the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) more than 90% of businesses have some form of illegal software on their IT systems but many aren’t even aware of the problem.

In many cases illegal software use is undoubtedly accidental. It is easy for businesses, particularly smaller ones without a dedicated IT department, to lose track of their software and licences. However ignorance is not a valid excuse in the eyes of the law.

According to research from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), UK businesses have paid £1.8 million in fines resulting from the use of illegal software over the past five years. Indeed FAST is so concerned at the level of software ‘theft’ that it has launched a tracking system to trace illegal software down to individual computers.