V.i. Labs Extends CodeArmor to Protect Software Applications in Collaborative and Outsourced Development Environments
For the First Time, Companies Can Share Software with Development Partners Without Exposing Valuable Intellectual Property to Potential Piracy, Competitive Theft and Tampering
Waltham, MA — June 4, 2007 —V.i. Laboratories, Inc. (“V.i. Labs”), a provider of
software protection solutions for securing high value and mission critical applications,
announced new capabilities to its CodeArmor™ solution that protect valuable software
intellectual property (IP) shared in collaborative development environments. CodeArmor
now lets software vendors and others share core software applications with third
parties who develop value-added extensions or application capabilities, without
exposing sensitive software IP to piracy, competitive theft, and tampering.
To protect source code and software IP during collaborative development, organizations
have traditionally relied on mutual non-disclosure agreements, audits, secure file
delivery, perimeter security, background checks and employee training. However,
these passive protection approaches do not protect the software itself from theft
and piracy threats.
“Protecting source code during collaborative software development projects has been
nearly impossible to date,” said Dr. David Pensak, V.i. Labs’ founder and CTO. “Vendors
usually turn over their sensitive source code to third parties in good faith. CodeArmor’s
new secure debugging functionality provides a layer of active protection not found
in any other security solution. With CodeArmor, partners can develop on top of protected
applications so that sensitive software functions are not exposed.”
CodeArmor’s new secure debugging capability allows third parties to debug and develop
without exposing a protected application. To access the secure debugger, developers
authenticate via unique shared secrets or custom extensions that are defined in
existing license enforcement systems. Once authenticated, CodeArmor lets developers
access and debug their third party extensions but not the source code resident within
the protected application.
Software vendors and enterprises are expected to continue to exploit offshore software
outsourcing to lower development costs, as well as leverage third party extensions
to add value to their software platforms. As the market for offshore development
continues to increase, so does the risk of software IP theft and piracy.
CodeArmor’s new secure debugging capabilities allow software vendors and enterprise
organizations to protect sensitive software IP in the following scenarios:
- Development of third party extensions:Partners can develop and debug application
extensions without having access to a software vendor’s code. CodeArmor ensures
that only authenticated partners can access the secure debugger embedded in the
protected application.
- Outsourcing of application development: Organizations can package their sensitive
code as protected binary files and share only the specific code needed to develop
additional functionality.
Pricing and Availability
CodeArmor with secure debugger support is available immediately and is priced at
an annual subscription starting at $20,000 per application.
About V.i. Laboratories (V.i. Labs)
V.i. Labs provides software protection solutions that protect against the misappropriation
and theft of intellectual property resident in software applications. Through V.i.
Labs’ patent-pending technology, software vendors, embedded system providers, enterprise
organizations and government agencies are able to easily secure their software against
the threat of piracy, tampering and theft, independent of where the applications
are distributed. V.i. Labs is privately held and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.
For more information please visit www.vilabs.com.
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Contacts:
Victor DeMarines
V.i. Laboratories, Inc.
781.398.3400
vdemarines@vilabs.com
Gene Carozza/Jason O'Keefe
PAN Communications
978.474.1900
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