The
License Management System at HIMSA contains information entered by the End User
when requesting the License File used for Noah System or Noah Engine.
The
information is entered through a web interface into a database located at
HIMSA. This database is hereafter referred to as the LMS database.
The
LMS database is protected by a password and separated from the web interface by
a firewall. The LMS database is located at HIMSA in Copenhagen Denmark and will
in the near future, due to security reasons, be replicated with an LMS database
located at HIMSA in St. Paul, Minneapolis USA. Both LMS databases will be
subject to backup. The backup tapes will be placed in a secure place and only
handled by HIMSA personnel. The replication process is planned to take place
over a VPN connection.
The
web interface will have access to the LMS database. However only one database
record can be accessed at a time. The License Registration Number, which
protects access to the web page, can be generated in 3.4*1038
possible combinations; only a valid combination will provide access to a
specific record in the LMS database.
Three
other applications have access to the LMS database:
·
The Proof of Purchase application that creates new License Registration
Numbers in the LMS database and has no read access to already existing records
in the LMS database.
·
The Sales Registration application, that updates the field in the
database containing information about which distributor the individual Proof of
Purchase is sent to.
·
The LMS Support application, that allows changes in the End User
information in the LMS database and that allows re-initialisation of the download
counter, which controls the download of a new License File. This application
can search through the LMS database to find an End User record based on a
license number, telephone number, user name, company or any given combination
of these criteria. This application can also generate sales statistics grouped
by country, distributor, language, country local or any combination of these
characteristics.
The
information collected in the LMS database will only be available to employees
in HIMSA. Every employee with access to the LMS database will be instructed on
how to protect the information from being transferred to any external site or
to non-HIMSA personnel.
The
only information that may be transferred includes:
·
The Proof of Purchase will contain information from the LMS database,
but it will only contain encoded non-End-User-specific information.
·
The statistic information mentioned above can be used and published by
HIMSA, except from information containing distributor or end-user names.
The
owner companies of HIMSA will have no other access to the information in the
LMS system than any other Licensee of HIMSA.