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Shahin Kohan
cybersecurity
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale
Tim Molino
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Shahin Kohan
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale
Tim Molino
Shahin Kohan
President, AIMS 360 / Focal Technology
Solutions
55%
63%
57%
63%
21
%
China
Russia
India
Japa
n
19
%
US
Service
providers
End users
Customers
Lost revenue
Brand damage
Decreased incentive to innovate
Service providers
Lost revenue
Lost business opportunity
Fewer customers to service
$62B
$64B
$53B
$20B
2006
Other IT Spend
$27B
2008
$29B
2010
Software Spend
End users
Exposure to malware
Risk of security breaches
Leading to data loss
+25,431
IT jobs
+$29B
manufacturing
revenue
+$8.7B
U.S. GDP
+$807M
U.S. federal
tax revenue
Source: Economic Impact Global Software Theft on U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness and Innovation, January 2014, NAJI, NAM, BSA Global Software
Piracy Study 2011
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Orgs
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Academic
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many
and Microsoft partners
services firms
associations
institutions
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Manufacturing and Services, International Trade
Administration
Tennessee
Louisiana
Jan 2013
Oct 2012
Jun 2013
Apr 2013
Mar 2014
Dec 2013
Massachusetts
Washington
Oklahoma
processes
and devices
Computer
programs
and databases
Inventions, R&D
info
and formulas
and plans
Designs,
prototypes
and drawings
Negotiating countries:
Australi
a
Canada
Peru
Chile
Mexico
United States
Japan
Singapore New Zealand
Malaysi Vietnam Brunei Darussalam
a
Tim Molino
BSAs members include:
75%
Why do we care?
In 2014 enterprises will spend $491 billion
because of malware associated with pirated
software:
Source: IDC White Paper: The Link between Pirated Software and Cybersecurity Breaches: How Malware in Pirated Software Is Costing the World
Billions, March 2014
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