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Content Protection Summit: Anti-Piracy Expert Provides ‘Secret Sauce’ on Jailing Pirates
Cracking down on piracy can be challenging for media and entertainment (M&E) companies, but it must be done to protect content and success is possible — even in China, accord... More
Rogers Sportsnet, Sky Sports to Discuss Content Protection Strategies in Nov. 15 Webinar
It’s among the more pressing questions today for media and entertainment companies today: when looking at content protection technologies and services, should I just build my own... More
Hollywood Innovation, Technology Center Stage Oct. 18 at HITS Fall
More than 500 studio leaders and their technology partners will be on hand Oct. 18 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles for the annual HITS Fall event, to hear a progress... More
Oracle Introduces First Autonomous Database Cloud, AI and Blockchain Cloud Services
Oracle used its OpenWorld conference that kicked off in San Francisco Oct. 1 to introduce the industry’s first autonomous database cloud, as well as expanded artificial intellige... More
Returning to ‘Business-as-Usual’ After a Digital Leak
By Peter Worrall, marketing and research director, Fortium Technologies - A recent spate of high profile hacks of digital film and television content has focused attention on th... More
M&E Journal: Blockchain and the Hollywood Supply Chain
By Steve Wong and Björn Obermeier, DXC Technology - Hollywood movie studios, record labels, publishers and broadcast networks have traditionally served as the guardians of inte... More
PwC Welcomes Leading Cyber Expert to Midlands Team
PwC has welcomed a leading cyber security expert to its Midlands (U.K.) regional team to support organizations tackling the growing business risk posed by cyber threats. James H... More
M&E Journal: Navigating the New Security and Privacy Frontier
By David Melnick, Founder and CEO, WebLife Balance - For the last several years, a global debate has been heating up over the right to personal privacy. Driven by rapid technolo... More
Content Protection Summit Speakers: M&E Security Remains a Moving Target
NEW YORK — Movie studios, TV networks and other content owners must continue to evolve in their efforts to combat piracy, cybercrime and other security challenges, according to e... More
IBM Security Introduces New X-Force Red Services for IoT, Auto Industry
IBM Security is offering new X-Force Red security testing practice areas that are focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and automotive security sectors, the IBM division said Jul... More
NSS Labs Launches CAWS 3.0, Continuous Security Validation Platform
Cybersecurity firm NSS Labs has announced CAWS 3.0, a continuous security validation platform that leverages the company’s unmatched expertise in security product testing and thr... More
M&E Journal: Secure Design Principles
By Ted Harrington, Executive Partner, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) - First, it is important to define the primary secure design principles. Different academic, research... More
MESA’s First Media & Entertainment Day Hits New York July 25
A full day of conferences, keynotes, workshops and technology showcases, covering four different areas of the media and entertainment industry, is set for July 25, when the Media &... More
Following the Kodi Crackdown (OTT2)
In the media industry, there’s no dirtier word right now than “Kodi.” The popular media management software is under siege, and the once vibrant ecosystem that supported it i... More
Outloud Audio Adds Fortium’s MediaSeal for File Level Encryption
Digital content security solutions firm Fortium and its file encryption software software MediaSeal have been tapped by audio post production firm Outloud Audio to help protect fil... More
M&E Journal: Strengthening Digital Content Workflow and Systems Security
By Blake White and Richard Delia, Cognizant Business Consulting’s Communications, Media & Technology Practice - No technology can secure content that the people involved h... More
Successful Security? Stop Blaming Users (BankInfoSecurity)
To encourage individuals to improve their security practices, begin by not blaming them. That was one takeaway that Angela Sasse, a professor of human-centered technology at Uni... More
Cisco: Number of Major Global DDoS Attacks to Soar By 2021
The number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks larger than 1 Gbps will soar from 1.3 million in 2016 to 3.1 million by 2021, Cisco projected June 8 as part of the Cisco... More
NSS Labs Shares 2017 Next Generation Firewall Group Test Results
NSS Labs has announced the results of its Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Group Test, testing 11 products from 10 market-leading vendors, in the key areas of security effectivenes... More
M&E Journal: The Tao of Zero
By Joel de la Garza, Chief Security Officer, Box - As more enterprises move critical services to the cloud, the traditional security model starts to break down. As a company, Bo... More