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MyInternetServices Gains CDSA Content Protection Accreditation
MyInternetServices.com, LLC, (MIS) North America’s leading managed game server solutions provider, today announced its successful renewal of the Content Delivery and Security Association’s (CDSA) Content Protection and Security accreditation. MIS is the world’s first managed game server solutions provider to have successfully been certified against this stringent data security standard.
“We are very proud to be recognized as one of the ‘World’s Most Secure Content Services’” said Greg Howard, CEO of MIS. “Having MIS’s content security approaches benchmarked against the stringent standards established by the CDSA – and once again achieving the CDSA accreditation – demonstrates the ongoing commitment of MIS to content security in an insecure world.” Read more
Peter Wallace Named Worldwide Director, CDSA Anti-Piracy Compliance Programs
Security industry veteran to focus on expanding content protection initiatives in U.S. and aligning the program with other leading security audit standards
Long-time entertainment security expert Peter Wallace has been named Worldwide Director of Anti-Piracy for the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA)’s security auditing programs. Wallace, who has built the program to over 70 participating sites in Europe, will turn his focus to expanding the participation of entertainment supply chain partners in the U.S. and Asia as part of his expanded association role.
“Peter was the chief architect of the association’s Content Protection Standard (CPS) and he has been hugely successful in gaining the trust and support of key entertainment supply chain executives throughout the EMEA region,” says CDSA Executive Director Martin Porter. “Under his leadership we will now begin to align our program worldwide as well as with other leading security standards.” Read more
WEBINAR: What to Do When Your Network is Hacked?
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In the first of a series of webinars on content protection, security and cyber-threat, Steve Armstrong, a leading international digital forensics expert provided guidelines and procedures for what to do if your network is compromised and your content and client information is stolen. Based upon true case studies, examples were shown on how attackers break into weak and poorly managed networks; critically, it also examined how these same networks fail to gather sufficient evidence, making forensic and criminal investigations next to impossible.
Download the audio/video recording of this insightful presentation and stay tuned for the next installment of the CDSA Security Webinar Series.
Universal: Studio Has ‘Closed Doors’ on Content Leaks with CDSA Vendor Program
Universal was first among major studios to work with the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA) on a vendor accreditation program that incorporates the association’s content protection standards. Now, with “just about all” of its international vendors either accredited or “well on their way” to certification with CDSA, Universal’s Paul Chesney reports that the initiative has “closed doors and prevented some opportunities for content theft.”
In an interview with Digital2Disc, Chesney, who serves as Universal’s VP of International Operations, says that working with CDSA was a “no brainer” after the executive “looked at the international landscape” and “realized that there was no common standard of content protection across the entire supply chain.” The CDSA’s independent audit certification system, Chesney says, “appeared to offer the best possibility” of a uniform content protection approach for all vendors that handle the studio’s pre-release assets.
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CDSA Expands its Content Protection Role with New Appointments
Deluxe’s Bigley and Microsoft’s Dunkelberger Added to Board; Atkinson Named Advisor
LOS ANGELES — As part of its commitment to expanding its role as the International Content Protection Association, CDSA has announced new senior-level appointments to its Board of Directors. Joel Bigley, Senior Vice President Worldwide Operations and Business Execution, Deluxe Digital Studios; and James Dunkelberger, General Manager Worldwide Product Release and Security Services, Microsoft have been named to the CDSA Board. Richard Atkinson, Chief Piracy Specialist & Consultant, Anti-Piracy Worldwide, has been named as a strategic advisor. Read more
CDSA Launches Content Security Risk Assesment Program
International Content Protection Association To Offer Spot Check Site Reviews
LOS ANGELES — CDSA, the International Content Protection Association, has announced a new industry service that will provide content holders with a rapid response assessment of security procedures in effect at new service providers and production partners. The new Content Security Risk Assessment (CSRA) program will produce in less than two week’s time a report of a site’s preparedness to protect the intellectual property of a studio, game company or music label. Using a newly developed scorecard based on CDSA’s internationally acclaimed Content Protection Security standard (CPS), the new CSRA program is being offered in response to a growing market demand for quick and short-term assessments and is based on work already being performed by CDSA’s auditors on a contract basis for leading companies like Electronic Arts.
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PEER 1 Hosting achieves CDSA Content Protection and Security Standard certification
New York – PEER 1 Hosting (TSX:PIX) has become the first global online managed hosting services provider to achieve the Content Delivery and Storage Association’s (CDSA) Content Protection and Security Standard certification (CPS). Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the PEER 1 Hosting Atlanta Data Center has successfully fulfilled all the security requirements of the media & entertainment industry-developed and approved CDSA content security assessment program.
“Customers in the gaming and entertainment industry can rely on us to host their content under stringent guidelines and have a higher level of comfort that we are safeguarding their assets and data,” explains Fabio Banducci, President and CEO, PEER 1 Hosting. “This certification further validates Peer 1 Hosting’s dedication towards proactive and continuous improvement of our internal controls.” Read more
Charting a Business Course Through Pirate-Infested Waters
At ESCA Europe, two piracy experts shared an in-depth look at entertainment content protection and piracy as a “business problem” with a methodical approach for how to understand it, respond to it, and even leverage it. A new strategy and technology solution for industry-wide risk management was discussed.
 Richard Atkinson, Anti-Piracy Worldwide
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 Damien Slowey,
The Walt Disney Company |
Presenters:
Richard Atkinson, Chief Piracy Specialist, Anti-Piracy Worldwide;
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Damien Slowey, Anti-Piracy Manager, Disney EMEA;
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The Truth About Security Audits
By: Martin Porter, Executive Director
With so much to lose doesn’t it make sense for the entertainment industry to agree on a single vendor security auditing standard?
Martin Porter, Executive Director
Something is broken in the content security world and nobody has figured out how to fix it. Ask any post house, replicator in town — anyone who’s handling invaluable pre-release content on behalf of the studios, game companies or record labels. They’ll tell you that they are being audited ad nauseum by studios, industry associations, consultantcies, etc. One post house in town told me that it performed over 100 independent security audits last year alone, with serious cost in time, productivity, and auditing fees. There’s CDSA (which I run), MPAA, Microsoft, ISO, plus studios that also conduct their own review of a vendor’s content security procedures. A vendor will successfully gain accreditation or review by one body just to be called the next day for another audit by somebody else.
Don’t get me wrong — security audits are essential. In fact, standards need to get tighter and everyone needs to huddle around best practices and proven solutions that plug the possibility of a costly security breach. Read more
Italian Disc Suppliers Adopt CDSA Security Standards
GD Packaging and Partners Choose CDSA for Accreditation Across Their Entire Supply Chain
MILAN, ITALY — In a move designed to secure the manufacturing and distribution of Blu-ray, DVD and CD products throughout the entire Italian entertainment supply chain, GD Packaging has become the first packaging company to gain CDSA Content Protection and Security (CPS) accreditation and has played a primary role in involving its production partners in the program. Read more
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New CPS Sites as of Feb. 4, 2012
Decibel Trading Services, Italy
ENS, Sweden
New CLV Sites as of Feb. 4, 2012
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Dicentia, Norway
Dicentia, Sweden
New CPS Applicants as of Feb. 4, 2012
Arvato, Wednesbury, UK
LaserVideo, Russia
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