Industry Information

Business Software Alliance

Business Software Alliance (BSA) is dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent one of the fastest growing industries in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce.

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is a trade association serving the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to the leading companies that are setting the pace for the digital age. SIIA protects the intellectual property of member companies, and advocates a legal and regulatory environment that benefits the entire industry.

The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance

The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance provides a neutral collaborative venue where critical confidential information about cyber incidents can be shared discreetly, and where resources can be shared among industry, academia and law enforcement. NCFTA will bring together local, state, and federal law enforcement, businesses, and academic institutions to functionally collaborate on cybercrime issues.

Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section - United States Department of Justice (CCIPS)

The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) is responsible for implementing the Department's national strategies in combating computer and intellectual property crimes worldwide. The Department's enforcement responsibilities against intellectual property crimes are similarly multi-faceted. Intellectual Property (IP) has become one of the principal U.S. economic engines, and the nation is a target of choice for thieves of material protected by copyright, trademark, or trade-secret designation.