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Contractor and software licenses?

We have a AutoCad (Inventor 3D) contractor to work on some drawings for us for 3 months and he's brought his own computer to work because we don't have the necessary software. We don't allow him on our network as we have a policy of not allow any computer that is not our own to connect to our domain network.

Should I ask him to produce licenses for all his software's? He's employed under his own UK limited company so does licencing affect us? Is there anything i need to worry about as an IT manager for the company? I'm not giving him network access and he communicates his drawings through email like he would any other external company we deal with. I just dont want to open myself to a lot of work sifting through his programs and checking security software/malware infections ect.

dhsindy

When opening his tranferred files they should show as valid Autocad Files, all files are checked when opened. As you transfer his files to your system just check them carefully for malware and viruses.

To satisfy your concerns, I would visit his location and review what his is using.

resolver1

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He's bringing his laptop into our premises (not using our network though)

dhsindy

No, transfer of files whatsoever? Are you not going to archive his files on your system.

resolver1

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He uses a 3g connection (mobile) and communicates through email like a external (off site) company would.

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resolver1

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Thanks for taking the time to answer :-) we ended up buying him a PC/copy as we were a little unsure with him being onsite with his own computer for so long. We considered his machine a security risk.