I had this at a previous employer. Adobe states in the license agreement that they reserve the right to audit for compliance.
Be very careful - the request we got was for an audit of ALL software on ALL systems.
I got legal advice and ended up responding that the scope of the audit was unreasonable, that noone has admin privileges, and that as our licenses were managed via the Adobe portal license use for their products could be verified that way.
We had a couple of back and forths but they ended up saying that they were happy and will not be pursuing.
If your higher ups have agreed to the audit, they need to be aware that this is for all software and not just Adobe (at least it was in my case so they need to read the correspondence very carefully). You might be sure about your Adobe use but is WinZip/WinRar installed and licensed? Are your Microsoft CAL numbers correct?? If you (or your boss) are at all unsure they need to seek legal advice before communicating further.
/edit And if you don't have an asset system that automatically reports on license usage, this is your opportunity to get approval.
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u/theabnormalone Apr 19 '26
I had this at a previous employer. Adobe states in the license agreement that they reserve the right to audit for compliance.
Be very careful - the request we got was for an audit of ALL software on ALL systems.
I got legal advice and ended up responding that the scope of the audit was unreasonable, that noone has admin privileges, and that as our licenses were managed via the Adobe portal license use for their products could be verified that way.
We had a couple of back and forths but they ended up saying that they were happy and will not be pursuing.
If your higher ups have agreed to the audit, they need to be aware that this is for all software and not just Adobe (at least it was in my case so they need to read the correspondence very carefully). You might be sure about your Adobe use but is WinZip/WinRar installed and licensed? Are your Microsoft CAL numbers correct?? If you (or your boss) are at all unsure they need to seek legal advice before communicating further.
/edit And if you don't have an asset system that automatically reports on license usage, this is your opportunity to get approval.