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Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT risks

Lindvall, Joakim LU ; Löfqvist, Viktor and Ollinen, Martin (2019) SYSK16 20191
Department of Informatics
Abstract
The existing literature suggests that organizations have difficulties managing and controlling their software assets. A number of IT risks are often associated with the poor management of these assets. At the same time, firms around the world claim that Software Asset Management (SAM) can be utilized to mitigate the IT risks, but there is no precise study based on the correlation between the two. This presents a distinct problem to researchers and cyber-security practitioners attempting to mitigate IT risks with the help of SAM.

This paper addresses this issue by presenting data from a series of interviews with cyber-security practitioners and IT managers. The paper generalizes the empirical findings to make broader theoretical points... (More)
The existing literature suggests that organizations have difficulties managing and controlling their software assets. A number of IT risks are often associated with the poor management of these assets. At the same time, firms around the world claim that Software Asset Management (SAM) can be utilized to mitigate the IT risks, but there is no precise study based on the correlation between the two. This presents a distinct problem to researchers and cyber-security practitioners attempting to mitigate IT risks with the help of SAM.

This paper addresses this issue by presenting data from a series of interviews with cyber-security practitioners and IT managers. The paper generalizes the empirical findings to make broader theoretical points over the most appropriate usage of SAM against IT risks. The results suggest that whilst well-established methods like SAM remain important in managing software assets, it has a limited capacity to help organizations manage various IT risks. (Less)
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author
Lindvall, Joakim LU ; Löfqvist, Viktor and Ollinen, Martin
supervisor
organization
course
SYSK16 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Software Asset Management, Software Assets, IT risks, Risk Management, Organizations
report number
INF19-027
language
English
additional info
Colossians 3:17
id
8978097
date added to LUP
2019-06-19 10:30:28
date last changed
2019-06-19 10:30:28
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  abstract     = {{The existing literature suggests that organizations have difficulties managing and controlling their software assets. A number of IT risks are often associated with the poor management of these assets. At the same time, firms around the world claim that Software Asset Management (SAM) can be utilized to mitigate the IT risks, but there is no precise study based on the correlation between the two. This presents a distinct problem to researchers and cyber-security practitioners attempting to mitigate IT risks with the help of SAM.

This paper addresses this issue by presenting data from a series of interviews with cyber-security practitioners and IT managers. The paper generalizes the empirical findings to make broader theoretical points over the most appropriate usage of SAM against IT risks. The results suggest that whilst well-established methods like SAM remain important in managing software assets, it has a limited capacity to help organizations manage various IT risks.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT risks}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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