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W hite Pa p er Content Introduction 3 Why Protect Software? 4 All in One – Security and Flash Memory 4 Six Reasons in Favor of the Combination Product 5 Reasons for using SLC Memory 6 Four Partitions and an Infinity of New Applications 7 Applications 8 Embedded Systems, Controllers, and Field Devices 10 Conclusions 11 Author: Oliver Winzenried is a security enthusiast with a vocation to expand universal knowledge and apply innovative technologies to protect the intellectual property and business revenues of ISVs. With a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University in Karlsruhe, he began his entrepreneurial career immediately after completing his studies, and focused on electronic and ASIC design, hardware, microcontroller and embedded application development for consumer electronics, automotive and industrial engineering. With Marcellus Buchheit at his side, he then founded Wibu-Systems in 1989, and remains the company‘s CEO. His passion for software protection has resulted in numerous patents covering areas from secure license management and anti-tampering solutions to dongle feature innovations. He’s also a prolific author, greatly contributing to editorials and books on the one hand, as well as addressing large audiences at trade shows, conferences, industry associations and technology centers like the Fraunhofer Institute. He is personally committed to R&D projects and organizations for standardization, such as the SD Card Association. Oliver Winzenried is also serving as chairman of the Product and Know-how Protection “Protect-Ing” committee of VDMA, member of the board of directors of Bitkom, and member of the managing board of the FZI at KIT. In 2015, he has been elected Manager of the Year in the Automation category by the readers of the German electronics publication Markt&Technik. 2