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Software vendors have long endured outright theft and inadvertent unlicensed use of their products, through pirated software and illegal key generators. Prior to the development of robust anti-piracy technologies, there was little that could be done by the software vendors, and many software consumers were duped into "purchasing" counterfeit licenses to non-genuine software.  

Preview: Cylynt and Proof LCS are partnering to bring the software industry new capabilities for uncovering piracy, collecting installation/usage data, rapidly performing data analysis, and then monetizing those software licenses found to be over-installed or pirated.

Cylynt has traced more than one-billion usage events in its software-as-service (SaaS) portal, resulting in approximately $2 billion of additional revenue for its customers since its founding in 2014. The usage event number is expected to double every 12 months going forward.

Preview: The seventh annual Cylynt Software Monetization and Anti-Piracy Summit, held virtually over two days on October 28-29, was once again a huge success, attracting 350 attendees, which is a 250% increase over the previous year.

Preview: Cylynt has introduced Cylynt Ranger, a powerful new piracy detection application that enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to identify and track the illegal usage of older, non-instrumented releases of their software applications.

Preview: Cylynt is partnering with Thales to offer software developers a best-in-class platform for recovering revenue from under compliance and piracy, as well as maximizing additional revenue opportunities. Cylynt CEO Ted Miracco and Thales VP of global solutions sales at Thales eSecurity comment on the advantages of this joint solution.

Preview: Cylynt's obsession with customer success has enabled the company to achieve record recurring revenue and growth in 2020, as well as minimal customer churn.

Preview: On the eve of Superbowl LIV, Cylynt CEO Ted Miracco talks about the parallels between football and Cylynt's anti-piracy software and the fact that doing nothing, either about improving the game or your cybersecurity protection is losing. "People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society." -Vince Lombardi

Preview: Cylynt data protection officer Lanre Oluwatona will be speaking at the Cylynt Software Anti-Piracy and License Compliance Summit on the topic of "Data Privacy and Your Rights." In this blog he discusses issues companies have when implementing a data privacy and protection strategy and shares his experiences guiding Cylynt itself through the process.

Cylynt Summit Speaker Highlight #3 David Laufman, partner at Wiggin and Dana law firm and former chief of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ),  will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Cylynt Software Piracy and License Compliance Summit and will discuss “Keeping Secrets:  Confronting the Threat of Economic Espion […]