BSA stories

Top tips to make businesses safer as cyber crime evolves
Thu, 1st Jun 2023
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cybersecurity
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cyber attacks
Culture, strategy and compliance are among the top tools Australian business leaders can leverage to protect their companies from cyber criminals.

Inclusivity the key to bridging the tech talent gap
Mon, 11th Mar 2019
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devops
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dei
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bsa
Annabel Lee says the gender imbalance in data centre and IT circles will have a significant impact in the future with more jobs than graduates to fill them.

Taking back control: Four steps to reporting unlicensed software usage
Tue, 4th Sep 2018
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software
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unlicensed software
Despite the enormous benefits that software brings to the table for a business, many still choose to forgo paying for it.

Five reasons why we need to rethink software piracy
Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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software
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piracy
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More than one-third of software in use on personal computers around the world today is unlicensed.

ANZ consumers using less unlicensed software - but those who do are at risk of a breach
Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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licensing
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cybersecurity
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software
In Asia Pacific as a whole, 57% of its software usage is unlicensed. How do New Zealand and Australia fare?.

BSA settles $347,000 in damages against Australian firms that used unlicensed software
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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cybersecurity
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breach prevention
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BSA | The Software Alliance warns Australian organisations about security risks of unlicensed software, following a record number of infringement settlements last year.

Is the government’s new data breach bill going to give your business a bad reputation?
Mon, 15th May 2017
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cybersecurity
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quantum computing
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breach prevention
No one likes admitting when they’ve made a mistake. Especially if it’s a big one, like a leak that exposes customers’ private & personal information.

1 in 5 Australians using pirated software: What ESET thinks
Wed, 1st Jun 2016
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malware
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bsa
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pirated software
Businesses of all sizes should be proactively prohibiting the use of illegal or unlicensed software.

BSA Report: 61% of Asia Pacific region at risk by using unlicensed software
Thu, 26th May 2016
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cybersecurity
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unlicensed software
BSA's 2016 Global Software report: the Asia-Pacific region has the highest rate of unlicensed software use, worth $19.1 billion in commercial value.

Aussie company fined for using unlicensed software
Wed, 18th May 2016
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bsa
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software piracy
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unlicensed software
Software advocate BSA has imposed damages of $100,000 on a West Australian metal works company for using unlicensed software.

Australia's cloud computing game slipping
Wed, 27th Apr 2016
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cloud services
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Australia is falling behind in cloud computing policies, ranking 6th out of 24 leading IT economies, according to a study by the BSA.