Software Protection Techniques: Control Issues for is Auditors

Randy Coneby A manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington, D.C. Prior to assuming that position he was an assistant director for IS Audits in the U.S. Postal Service. Earlier, Coneby was an audit manager and an IS auditor with the U.S. Air Force Audit Agency at March AFB, California. He received his master of science in business administration from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Fred Gallegos The MSBA – IS Audit Advisor, and a faculty member of the Computer Information Systems Department of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has more than 28 years of industry experience in IS Audit and Control. Gallegos has taught for 25 years in this field at the academic and professional level and has published three books and more than 150 articles in the IS field.

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S oftware can be duplicated and modified easily and inexpensively.There does not seem to be much agreement on the best way legally to protect software products against unlawful copying or altering.IS auditors and others who are interested in protecting their organization's investment in software development should learn as much as they can about using the legal tools that are available.

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