Software escrow is a three-party agreement where a software developer (depositor) deposits their source code, documentation, and materials with a neutral third-party agent.

It protects the software user (beneficiary) by ensuring they can access the source code to maintain business-critical applications if the developer goes bankrupt, fails, or stops supporting the product.

It sounds simple, but:

1. how do you know the escrow material is complete?
2. do you know if it’s up-to-date, and if not, what’s the gap?
3. do you know how to use it if the time comes to do so?
4. is the data storage sovereign, on-shore?

We have been on both sides of the Software Escrow transaction, and our impression is that the questions above are often unanswered, or not even on the table.

Here is what we can do for you in the Software Escrow space:

1. Provide a robust Software Escrow mechanism end-to-end, including cooperation, technical support and expertise to the legal teams on both ends
2. Arrange a technical solution for immutable storage of the Escrow material
3. Continuous review of the Escrow submissions to confirm the contents can be restored into full production environment
4. One-off review of existing escrow material
5. Advice on devising an effective Software Escrow strategy

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