Thales,
leader in critical information systems and cybersecurity announces it has won
the silver award for Best Deployment and Case Study in InfoSecurity Products
Guide Global Excellence Awards with its protection of a digital cinema
distribution system for Qube Cinema. Filmmakers,
producers and distributors can now encrypt their digital content and protect
their intellectual property while still keeping it easily accessible to
authorized users.
In Digital Cinema, movies are encoded, encrypted
and distributed via hard drive or satellite feed. They can then be decrypted at the movie theater
with information contained in a unique Key Delivery Message (KDM) that unlocks
the film for a specific theatre and timeframe. To address the need for
efficient security in managing digital cinema keys, Qube used Thales Hardware
Security Modules (HSMs) to develop KeySmith – a highly efficient digital cinema
key management and distribution system that provides ease of use for
distributors while at the same time ensuring high assurance protection of the
movie content.
Key
facts:
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Qube’s KeySmith satisfies
the requirements of both content owners and distributors alike. Content owners
no longer need to worry about software-based, in-house encryption measures
typically used by distributors, or about the worst case scenario – losing the
encryption keys and getting locked out of their own content.
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Thales HSMs provide the
highest grade of protection in the industry for content encryption keys, while
simultaneously ensuring that keys are never lost.
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For distributors and theater
owners, the Qube system provides a level of operational ease that removes any
barriers to implementing high security, or temptation to sacrifice security for
the sake of convenience.
Cindy
Provin, president, Thales e-Security, Inc., says:
“The challenges posed by key management are
perceived by many as a major pain point and a barrier to encryption deployment
(
Ponemon:
Global Encryption and Key Management Trends 2015)
and this is especially true for service providers. Qube selected Thales HSMs to
address the need for efficient security and key management in distributing
digital cinema. With more than 40 years’ experience providing key management
solutions, Thales HSMs are ideally positioned to help organizations with their
crypto security and key management infrastructure. Every day we are seeing
pioneering and innovative applications of our technology and Qube Cinema is an
excellent example of how Thales is able to solve key management and data
protection challenges. This award further recognizes our commitment to
delivering innovative data protection and key management solutions that enable
customers to protect their most valuable assets. We are honored to receive this
award.”
Rajesh
Ramachandran, President and CTO, Qube Cinema, says:
“Piracy is a problem generally associated
with digital content and no less so in the film industry where it is an
enormous concern for both studios and distributors who lose billions of dollars
each year when films are illegally copied and distributed. The encryption and
decryption of content is not a major challenge, however the handling and
management of security keys by both the cinema and content owners is. Thales is
an expert in encryption key management and the protection of content and
intellectual property; its products offer high levels of assurance and
operational efficiency and have enabled Qube to develop an online digital
cinema key management, distribution and reporting system that not only meets
real-world requirements, but offers the highest levels of security while
retaining flexibility and ease-of-use for our customers.”
Supporting
resources:
Read the award winning Qube Cinema case study: Supporting resources
www.thales-esecurity.com/knowledge-base/case-studies/qube-cinemaVisit the Thales booth South Expo #S607, RSA
Conference, Moscone Center, San Francisco, April 20-24, 2015.
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About
Thales e-Security
Thales e-Security is a leading global
provider of trusted cryptographic solutions with a 40-year track record of
protecting the world’s most sensitive applications and information. Thales
solutions enhance privacy, trusted identities, and secure payments with
certified, high performance encryption and digital signature technology for
customers in a wide range markets including financial services, high
technology, manufacturing, and government.
Thales e-Security has a worldwide support capability, with regional
headquarters in the United States, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.
www.thales-esecurity.com
About
Thales
Thales is a global technology leader for the
Aerospace, Transport, Defence and Security markets. With 61,000 employees in 56
countries, Thales reported sales of €13 billion in 2014. With over 20,000 engineers
and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design and deploy equipment,
systems and services to meet the most complex security requirements. Its unique
international footprint allows it to work closely with its customers all over
the world.
Positioned as a value-added systems
integrator, equipment supplier and service provider, Thales is one of Europe’s
leading players in the security market. The Group’s security teams work with
government agencies, local authorities and enterprise customers to develop and
deploy integrated, resilient solutions to protect citizens, sensitive data and
critical infrastructure.
Drawing on its strong cryptographic
capabilities, Thales is one of the world leaders in cybersecurity products and
solutions for critical state and military infrastructures, satellite networks
and industrial and financial companies. With a presence throughout the entire
security chain, Thales offers a comprehensive range of services and solutions
ranging from security consulting, intrusion detection and architecture design
to system certification, development and through-life management of products
and services, and security supervision with Security Operation Centres in
France the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Contact: Dorothée Bonneil Liz
Harris
Thales Media Relations – Security Thales e-Security Media Relations
+33 (0)1 57 77 90 89 +44
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