M+E Connections

Microsoft Director, FBI Special Agent Highlight Dec. 6 CPS Afternoon

Presentations from Simon Crownshaw, worldwide strategy director of media and entertainment for Microsoft, and Michael Sohn, supervisory special agent (SSA) and FBI Cyber Division liaison to the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance, are among the highlights of a packed afternoon agenda during the Dec. 6 Content Protection Summit (CPS) in Los Angeles.

Serving as the afternoon keynote, “Perspective from Leadership” with Crownshaw — interviewed by Allan McLennan, founder, chief executive, and global market technologist with Padem Media Group — will be a follow-up from their discussion at IBC and digs deeper to gain leadership perspectives on the evolution of the M&E industry and related security issues that transcend technology.

In the presentation “Getting There Before the Boom!” the FBI’s Michael Sohn looks at common threats and persistent bad actors across the M+E supply chain. How they are breaking in, what they are looking for, and where the FBI can (or can’t!) come in to assist. It will also address the importance of partnership and community while providing relevant prevention tactics to ensure your company is best positioned to deal with whatever may come next. Be sure to attend to learn more about how the FBI is working with Hollywood and other Los Angeles-based businesses across media and entertainment.

Keynotes, panel discussions, and technology showcases at CPS will offer senior-level content and information security experts the latest around content protection across the entire supply chain for entertainment. Production security, post-production workflows and the growing ecosystems of platforms and connectivity that are driving the secure content creation and distribution process will all be discussed, along with anti-piracy and IP protection as the industry works collaboratively to secure our most important assets.

Presented by Fortinet and produced by MESA, CDSA’s Content Protection Summit is sponsored by Convergent Risks, Richey May Technology Solutions, GeoComply, Signiant, Verimatrix, Shift Media, EZDRM and EIDR.

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