My earlier blog on Software License Management talked about
intentional non-compliance by organizations. Organizations go to an extent whereby
they uninstall the unlicensed versions when a publisher approaches them for an
audit. They feel that they have met compliance issues as Publisher will not be
able to detect the non-compliance.
Publishers deploy expertise and technology during the audit
that does a deep dive into the systems to get the history of what has been
used. For example registry entry can provide significant information regarding
what software was deployed. Such deep dive is termed as Software License Forensic
Analysis
Software License Forensic is an investigative approach to
identify the actual license usage by an organization that is under Publisher
review. Such forensic techniques and methodologies provide a complete or
detailed picture of the software deployment in an organization. This provides
valid and sufficient proof to the Publisher to decide the future course of
action.
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