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Eliminating Illegal Software in the Philippines

Eliminating Illegal Software in the Philippines

The Philippines’ Optical Media Board (OMB) partnered with a software industry group in order to eliminate the use of illegal software among Philippine businesses, citing risks to corporate security and reputation.

OMB is an agency under the Office of the President with a mission to protect and promote Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Form.

According to a recent press release, the widespread use of unlicensed software in the country exposes companies to various cyber threats such as data theft, ransomware, and network attacks.

The Risks

  • The Senior Director for the Asia-Pacific region of the software industry group explained that using unlicensed software would not be so much as an illegal risk as it was 10 years ago.
  • Back then, people would have to go to court and answer for infringing copyright.
  • At present, the biggest danger of using unlicensed software is for the whole business and to the reputation.
  • Using unlicensed software removes the first line of protection against cybercrime.
  • As a result, businesses suffer losses from expenses on fixing system outages, downtime and disinfecting their networks.

Situation in the Philippines

  • The Philippines has a 64% rate of unlicensed software use among its businesses, which also increases the potential for malware infections because of the lack of security features such as software patches and technical support.
  • During a Legalize and Protect campaign done by the group from March to September this year, they found out that only 1,375 out of the 6,220 companies they have contacted, or 22%, switched to legal versions of their software.
  • Licensed software does not guarantee that one will not be hacked or will not fall victim to malware. However, having unlicensed software is an almost guarantee of falling victim to it.
  • The OMB Chairman urged Filipino companies to only use computer software that has a proper license and shun the use of illegal software.

Clean Up to the Countdown

The main program of the partnership is the Clean Up to the Countdown campaign.

This campaign seeks to encourage 10,000 local companies from a wide range of industries to purchase legal copies of unlicensed software that they are using. These industries reportedly include:

  1. Architecture
  2. Banking and finance
  3. Construction
  4. Design
  5. Engineering
  6. Health care
  7. Information Technology
  8. Manufacturing

Under the campaign, the industry group is contacting thousands of corporate leaders to offer guidance and advice in addressing the use of illegal software in workplaces and make them compliant with intellectual property laws.

The campaign is part of the Legalize and Protect initiative launched earlier this year by the group. This initiative has helped thousands of Philippine companies to legalise their software assets and secure themselves from cyber threats.

The industry group is an international association composed of companies that produce software for various business applications.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

PARTNER

CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

PARTNER

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

PARTNER

HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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