Now imagine they’re talking about YOUR software. Scary we know. Truth is, without the protection of a KEYLOK Dongle it might be closer to reality than you’d like to think.

As we all know, a recurring and growing challenge that many software developers face is Piracy. And we’re not talking about the skull and crossbones, eye–patch kind of pirates just to be clear. We’re talking about the blatant unauthorized use of your software product. Software you developed with your blood, sweat and tears. And money. Simply put: every time someone uses your software without a license–you’re losing money. Consider for example that last year alone more than $30 Billion was lost to software piracy. Do you have any idea how much of that was yours?

According to the most recent study by the Business Software Alliance and IDC, your company loses around one–third of its potential annual revenue through unauthorized use, distribution, and copying of your software.That rate jumps to 90% if you ship abroad. Ouch. The numbers are staggering, if not frightening.

And though other so–called piracy protection products exist–KEYLOK Dongles provide the greatest flexibility in terms of the comprehensive protection required to stay one “ship” ahead of the modern day pirate. This is true for networked software applications all the way down to desktop applications. Because dongles are external devices that are controlled by the security solution and not end–users, each additional security control that you implement has an exponential improvement upon the overall security of your application. An advantage that is simply non–existent when using alternative software–based solutions.