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V.i. Labs to Unveil CodeArmor 3.0 at RSA Conference 2009
CodeArmor’s Software and Intellectual Property Protection Capabilities Extended
to ISV and Enterprise Companies Sharing .NET code for Outsourced Development or
Building Web-based Applications
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif — April 20, 2009 - V.i. Laboratories, (“V.i. Labs”),
a leading provider of software protection and piracy business intelligence solutions,
announced the newest version of its CodeArmor® software protection solution
at this year’s RSA Conference. For the first time, software vendors and enterprise
customers can now protect their intellectual property exposed within the wide range
of web-based ASP .NET applications they develop or application programming interfaces
(APIs) being used in external networks or in outsourced development projects.
Available at the end of April, CodeArmor 3.0 now protects .NET APIs (including Software
Development Kits or “SDKs”), allowing enterprises and software vendors to share
their software IP securely and allows their customers and partners to extend applications
without exposing sensitive IP. It also supports Microsoft ASP.NET, which lets enterprise
companies protect sensitive Web applications from tampering or vulnerabilities that
can expose customer data when deployed in partner or external networks.
“Obfuscation is a passive protection approach and more needs to be done to deter
reverse engineering threats on .NET applications,” said Victor DeMarines, vice president
of Products for V.i. Labs. “With CodeArmor 3.0, we provide a flexible way to encrypt
and protect the .NET applications without creating development dependencies or impacting
customer environments.”
CodeArmor software protection for .NET goes beyond passive protection approaches
like obfuscation to provide a defense against reverse engineering threats or attempts
to alter sensitive IP. Unlike obfuscation, CodeArmor actively blocks efforts to
decompile and analyze the application at runtime by using code encryption and direct
integration with the Microsoft .NET Just-In-Time (JIT) compiling process.
Other new features include:
- Method level code protection - .NET code is protected during the JIT process minimizing
access to decrypted code
- Expanded platform support for 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications
- Ability to protect code within an entire assembly and thereby simplifying protection
- Protect .NET code, but retain access to metadata to support collaborative development
environments
Some Typical Customer Examples Include:
SDK Users:
A marketer of high definition surveying software provides SDKs to partners and OEM
customers. The SDK contains valuable IP and innovation and is written in Microsoft
.NET. CodeArmor 3.0 is used to encrypt and protect the code from being accessed
or stolen. With 3.0, the code can be protected and still support third party development
while also allowing development on top of the SDK.
Outsourced Web Applications:
A credit union needs to deploy an online banking application to branch offices.
Application middleware is built using ASP .NET and branch offices do not have a
robust application security infrastructure. The customer needs to harden application
code against tampering and disassembly prior to deployment in branch offices.
A financial services company uses outsourced development of a Web application. The
outsource partners are outside the U.S. and in geographies with weak IP enforcement
rules. The company will protect their .NET API with CodeArmor 3.0 to allow development
to occur without risking access to the valuable source code within the API.
Enterprise Applications:
A financial services company provides software to clients to support settlement
claims calculations. Highly proprietary modeling data is contained in the .NET application
and needs to be protected when deployed outside the company.
Pricing
CodeArmor will be available April 30 with pricing starting at $18,500.
About V.i. Laboratories (V.i. Labs)
V.i. Labs is the first company to offer Anti-Piracy and Software Protection solutions
that enable companies to recover revenue and protect their software intellectual
property by detecting, reporting, and preventing the misuse of their applications.
Its patented CodeArmor® platform allows software vendors and enterprise organizations
to harden their applications against theft and tampering, and to gain business intelligence
on the unlicensed use of their software to uncover new revenue streams. V.i. Labs
is privately held and is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more information, please
visit www.vilabs.com.
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logo, and CodeArmor are trademarks or registered trademarks of V.i. Laboratories,
Inc. All other product and brand names herein are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective owners.
Contacts:
Michael Goff
V.i. Laboratories, Inc.
781.398.3451
mgoff[at]vilabs.com
Gene Carozza/Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
978.474.1900
vilaboratories[at]pancomm.com