A: BSA audit refers to the software licensing compliance audit of software suppliers, which mainly aims at the software purchase and use of enterprises, and confirms whether their use of software is legal from the perspective of commercial compliance, so as to avoid unnecessary legal risks and economic losses caused by unauthorized use of software. BSA is a global, non-profit software industry association, which aims to promote legal software procurement and use and safeguard the interests of the software industry.

BSA audit is usually conducted by a third-party independent organization to confirm the legality and compliance of using the software. Auditing generally reviews the whole process of software license purchase, deployment, use, backup, maintenance and upgrade. , and will also review whether there are violations such as software piracy. If an enterprise is found to have violated the rules, the auditing organ may make suggestions or require the enterprise to make the software genuine, and put forward corresponding remedial measures for the violations. But generally speaking, BSA audit does not take the initiative to propose penalties such as fines or lawsuits, but encourages enterprises to take the initiative to take measures to make themselves compliant.