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About Oren Bear

Oren Bear

Product Manager, Software License Enforcement Solutions - SafeNet

Oren Bear, CISSP, is a Sr. Security Specialist for the Software Rights Management Business Unit at SafeNet, Inc. Mr. Bear is responsible for security intelligence, threat analysis and response, and has contributed to the design of Aladdin’s awardwinning HASP SRM software protection and licensing solution. For nearly a decade, he has researched a variety of security solutions and supported a range of software developers in implementing custom protection for their products. Bear serves as a member of the Israeli Standard Institute Technical Committee for Hebrew in Computing Systems. He holds a practical engineering degree in software development from Tel Aviv University.

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Latest Posts | By Oren Bear
Adobe’s Move to the Cloud and the Lack of Choice
10 years ago

Adobe’s Move to the Cloud and the Lack of Choice

Recently, Adobe announced that it is moving the Creative Suite (which includes Photoshop and other graphic design applications) to Cloud-based licensing. The company will no longer distribute boxed versions with perpetual licenses. This move demonstrates a growing transition to Cloud-based subscription licensing, which SafeNet pioneered in 2010 with the introduction of the first Cloud-based software licensing service – Sentinel Cloud.

Adobe is positioning this announcement as very beneficial to its users, providing the customer with immediate access to the latest features and upgrades, enhanced collaboration, cloud based storage, and more. Read More

New Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites, Part II
11 years ago

New Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites, Part II

In the first part of this post, I discussed the history of software piracy, its accelerated growth and some of the legislative efforts against it, such as the DMCA and PRO-IP acts. These may be two of the most prominent initiatives in the battle against software piracy, but there are other efforts worth mentioning – both legislative and commercial, with household names such as Google and PayPal being very active examples of the latter. Read More

New Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites
11 years ago

New Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites

Electronic distribution of pirated software and other copyrighted materials didn’t start with the advent of the worldwide web during the 1990’s. A full decade earlier, people have been using dial-up modems to connect to private bulletin board systems (or BBS), which in many ways can be regarded not only as a precursor to the web, but also to the illegal and widespread electronic distribution of copyrighted materials.

Two decades of constant growth have made the internet a ubiquitous commodity, and its potential as a vehicle for piracy is now at an all time high.

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The Music industry is dropping DRM. Why doesn’t the Software industry follow?
13 years ago

The Music industry is dropping DRM. Why doesn’t the Software industry follow?

A common argument against DRM is that it punishes paying customers without successfully preventing piracy. Legitimate users are restricted from freely using the content or software that they rightfully own, while illegitimate users can still download the very same content, and use it without restrictions – and without paying the publisher. Read More