Day says before sending source code to a country companies should check what laws are available to protect them – and whether they’ve been successfully used by prosecutors. The prevalence of corruption in law enforcement can also stop a case. In many parts of the world, for example, it’s not uncommon for police to refuse to help unless bribes are paid first.

To mitigate the risk of offshoring, Day says companies should use an offshore partner with tight security practices and release only portions of the source code at any one time so that the offshore programmers never have the complete program.

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