Top Three Early Strategic Steps in Enterprise Software Audits
Scott & Scott has published a list of the steps that companies usually can take when faced with a software audit – regardless of which publisher is conducting the audit – to help contain the risks and introduce a little predictability into the audit process.
“No one likes to be audited. In most cases, there is little that a business can do at the outset of an audit to avoid licensing exposure, if that business has historically inadequate software asset management processes,” Scott & Scott says in the post on its Software Audit Blog.
The first step listed is” Confirm you really need to participate. That step if followed by: Verify the audit scope … or not.
Finally, the firm suggests: Memorialize the right to review.
The article offers detailed suggestions for each step of the process.
