Paper Info
Title
A birthmark-based method for intellectual software asset management
Abstract
The software industry has been increasingly aware of the need to employ copyright protection techniques against software piracy or illegal distribution. Recently, as the value of software as intellectual property grows, so does the rate of global software piracy. Software piracy is a real threat to software industry. Moreover, Pirated software is more vulnerable to attacks since such software is less likely to be supported with critical security patches and updates. In this paper, we propose a birthmark-based software asset management technique to keep track of the lists and licenses of software assets (on desktop computers, servers, and intranet network components), and then assure the legal use and regular inspection of software assets. A software birthmark is the inherent and unique program characteristics that can identify a program. Using software birthmark, we investigate what kinds of software are installed on the system, whether software is purchased from a vendor or pirated, etc. The proposed technique can (1) control copyright infringement of software and protect software intellectual property based on software birthmark, (2) reduce cyber vulnerability by letting employees use legal software, and (3) reduce the software management cost of organizations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2557977.2558062
ICUIMC
Keywords
Field
DocType
global software piracy,software management cost,birthmark-based software asset management,software asset,software birthmark,software industry,pirated software,software piracy,legal software,birthmark-based method,software intellectual property,intellectual software asset management,intellectual property,software asset management
Software deployment,Computer security,Software security assurance,Computer science,Package development process,Software as a service,Backporting,Software walkthrough,Software development,Social software engineering
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
6
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dongjin Kim1133.31
Jeongoh Moon251.46
Seong-Je Cho312427.85
Jongmoo Choi424719.39
Minkyu Park59725.21
Sangchul Han65711.76
Lawrence Chung723636.31