Software enhances North American cable operator security.December 15, 2008 -
Available to cable operators and conditional access (CA) vendors, software addresses requirements for development of secure STBs and DTAs. White-box cryptography protects encryption key algorithms under severe attack scenarios, and layering of several separate technologies protects against range of attack methods. Elevating content protection beyond hardware-based CA, software hardens DTCP-IP standard used to secure premium content as it is shared over network.
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Original Press release
Cloakware Corp.
84 Hines Rd.
Ottawa, , K2K 3G3
Canada
Cloakware Introduces High-Security Software Solutions for North American Cable Operators
Elevates Content Protection Beyond Hardware-based Conditional Access to Enable Secure, Low-Cost Set-Top Boxes and DTAs
Enabling Technology Now Available for All Conditional Access Providers; Irdeto is 1st CA Provider to Offer to Customers
VIENNA, Va., Dec. 3 -- Cloakware Inc., the provider of proven software solutions for securing business and digital assets, has announced that its technology will now be made available to cable operators and conditional access (CA) vendors to address requirements for highly effective, software-based security to enable development of low-cost set-top boxes for the North American market. Cloakware simultaneously announced that Irdeto, one of the world's leading experts in content and business model protection solutions and services, will be the first CA provider to offer the technology as part of its solution to customers who require more robust content protection. Cloakware solutions are deployed in more than one billion software instances worldwide, on PC applications and in devices including mobile phones, portable media players and set-top boxes.
Cloakware technology also provides extra protection in security systems associated with device drivers, games, digital rights management (DRM) and other content protection applications. Designed to provide a more flexible solution than is possible with conditional access smart cards or embedded CA microchips, it uses white-box cryptography to protect encryption key algorithms under the most severe attack scenarios. A layering of several separate technologies protects against a full range of attack methods. Such a high level of protection creates new options for the deployment of next-generation set-top boxes and services.
A potential cable industry use of the technology is with low cost set-tops called DTAs (digital terminal adapters) that are currently being considered by operators as they transition to digital and seek a method of protecting both basic and eventually higher tier content without incurring high set-top box costs. In addition, Cloakware technology can be used by the cable industry for home gateway applications where content is delivered to consumer devices around the home. Cloakware hardens the DTCP-IP (Digital Transmission Content Protection over IP) standard used to secure premium content as it is shared over a home network.
"For the DTA application, we have taken a balanced approach that delivers an appropriate level of security while maintaining the lowest possible cost," said Trevor Izsak, director for business and market development for Cloakware. "Yet we have designed the solution to be able to be upgraded in the field over time. Significant cost advantages can be achieved through this approach -- providing extremely high levels of security for a CA protection system without requiring the use of security-specific processing hardware in the set-top. We also participate in the home networking area with hardening of the DTCP-IP standard which has been approved by CableLabs. Our solutions are helping CA vendors and operators alike to achieve a more sustainable security model while lowering costs and reducing time to market."
"We believe Cloakware has the security solutions that the cable industry needs to deploy their next generation initiatives and we look forward to partnering with operators to help them do that," said Andrew Wajs, CTO of the Irdeto Group. "We are particularly pleased that Irdeto will be the first conditional access provider to bring the Cloakware solution to market in North America.
"The industry is constantly looking for ways to protect itself against hackers who keep finding new, ingenious ways of gaining access to encryption keys," said Zoltan Costin, North American Business Development Manager for Irdeto. "We believe this solution will find great interest among both operators and content providers, particularly with their next-gen initiatives."
About Cloakware
Cloakware, an Irdeto company and part of the Naspers group, provides innovative, secure, proven software technology solutions that enable customers to protect business and digital assets in enterprise, consumer and government markets. Cloakware's two main product lines include; Cloakware Datacenter Solutions which help organizations meet governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) objectives for privileged password management while ensuring business continuity and the security of mission-critical data and IT infrastructure. Cloakware Consumer Product Solutions protect software and content on PCs, set-top boxes, mobile phones and media players. Protecting more than one billion deployed applications, Cloakware is the security cornerstone of many of the world's largest, most recognizable and technologically advanced companies. Headquartered in Vienna, VA and Ottawa, Canada, Cloakware has regional sales offices worldwide.
About Irdeto
Irdeto empowers companies to protect and monetize their digital assets and maximize return on content with innovative and reliable software technologies, end-to-end solutions and services. The company's products include conditional access, digital rights management, business support systems, set-top box software solutions. Through group company Cloakware, it provides software and datacenter security solutions, while Entriq delivers content management and distribution solutions and services. More than 500 customers worldwide trust Irdeto to secure and enable the delivery of their valuable content across digital broadcast, IP, mobile, enterprise and government networks. Irdeto solutions currently enable simple to advanced business models on more than one billion devices and applications.
Founded in 1969, Irdeto employs over 900 people in 26 offices across the globe, including the dual corporate headquarters in Amsterdam and Beijing. The company is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers , which includes a wide range of pay TV, Internet, instant-messaging, technology and publishing businesses. For more information, please visit http://www.irdeto.com/.
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