Wibu-Systems Blog

Many software developers have turned to the free trial business model to market their enterprise software – simply put, offer free software for a timed period and hope the end user performs a thorough evaluation and sees enough value to warrant a purchase of the software after the trial expires.

Aside from the widespread attention and hype surrounding the prolific growth expectations of the Internet of Things (IoT), industry focus has been on potential (IoT) device vulnerabilities and cybersecurity.

Software for embedded systems is based more and more on open system platforms – Linux Embedded, VxWorks, Windows Embedded, QNX and many others.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently released an in-depth report entitled, The Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World, which included a long list of considerations and recommendations on how manufacturers should secure IoT devices.

Adobe may have raised some eyebrows last year when they announced they were moving their packaged Creative Suite PC software to the cloud, but most industry analysts predicted this day was coming – it was just a matter of how soon.

We talk a lot about copy protection in this space but what I want to focus on today is what is meant by the phrase "secure software licensing."

The big news for crypto-wonks this week is that an international group of researchers has cracked a portion of RSA encryption.

Hackers are out there. So you can't take for granted--now or ever--that it won't happen to you.

Anytime you add a 3rd party component into your overall product stack you need to be thoughtful before you decide.