SAM Solutions

BSA Software Asset Management (SAM) Solutions

BSA offers a suite of ISO-aligned SAM solutions to help organizations reduce legal and security risks while ultimately driving business value.

SAM Advantage

www.samadvantage.org

  • A state-of-the-art online training course and certification program designed for IT managers
  • The first SAM course aligned to the ISO/IEC 19770-1 SAM standard
  • SAM Advantage allows IT managers to:
    • Build a best practice standards-based SAM program
    • Proactively and effectively manage their software assets
    • Increase IT efficiencies and control costs
    • Identify and reduce IT risks
    • Become certified in standards-based SAM

CSS(O)

csso.bsa.org

  • Certified in Standards-based SAM, designed for organizations
  • Independently verifies whether the organization’s software asset management processes align with the ISO SAM standard and are ultimately license compliant
  • By getting a CSS(O), organizations will be able to:
    • Implement and maintain effective SAM processes
    • Ensure software compliance and license optimization
    • Receive a two-year audit forbearance from participating software publishers
    • Reduce the risk of being audited
    • Increase IT and business efficiencies
    • Control costs

Verafirm

www.Verafirm.org

  • An industry-supported portal designed for companies
  • Verafirm is a tool companies can use to manage their software
  • The first and only registry of its kind
  • By utilizing Verafirm, companies will be able to:
    • Effectively manage their software licenses and installed user base
    • Efficiently document that their software is licensed
    • Connect with customers interested in doing business with ethical companies