Arxan responds.

Arxan Technologies have responded to the call from the Dynamic Enterprise forum for firms to build security into software applications in an earlier and more intelligent way.

With studies estimating losses from intellectual property theft to be as much as $1 trillion worldwide (McAfee), and software piracy in the UK running at 27% as last measured by IDC, application security and intellectual property protection have shot up the corporate agenda. The current economic climate has had a dampening effect on business activity, which means that more than ever firms are looking to leverage every possible advantage from their business assets, including the intellectual property resident in their software applications and data. For enterprises commissioning bespoke intellectual property for competitive advantage, it is imperative that their applications remain secure in order to extract maximum ROI and advantage. Application hardening techniques, which can be employed at any stage of the software development process, allow firms to maintain control of the intellectual property of their software and data. As attacks move up the stack from the perimeter to the application, this layer of defence is critical.

The most modern and effective defences against tampering, malware insertion. unauthorised access and the like are based on binary-based technologies that protect against both reverse engineering and tampering attacks. So called 'Guard' technologies defend, detect and actively react to attempts to application hacking or tampering through embedded and layered defences. These next-generation Guard solutions can heal themselves, call for help, shut down the program or monitor the threat before deciding on a response.

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