Michal Brenner

By Orly Amsalem, data scientist at Cisco Who is Stealing Credentials? Imagine a hacker.  You’re probably visualizing a blurred image in a white mask or a black hoodie, typing lines of code, determined to hack into secure sites, steal credit cards, and collect valuable, previously private data. Now i…

Imagine you’ve made a decision to move out of your house—the one that’s faithfully served your needs in the past years—to a new one. You want your new house to be part of the digital world around you, and to enjoy all the benefits of modern technology, so you make it connected, smart, automated. But…

Scale, speed, new consumer experiences — these goals all come to mind as drivers of the massive transformation happening in media & entertainment. When it comes to the underlying IP and cloud technology needed to bring this transformation to life, Cisco has a unique ability to deliver comp…

By Ted Rose, Operational Security, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco Many (if not most!) service providers identify illegal streaming as the next big threat to their business. The problem is that in the multi-faceted, continuously expanding landscape of illegal streaming, it’s har…

By Miro Pinkas, Information Security Engineer, Operational Security, SPVSS, Cisco Methods of video piracy have changed over the years — that’s for sure. What hasn’t changed is the motivation to do it in the first place. For one thing, consumers are price-motivated, and “free” is an enduringly…

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Digital piracy is rife and stakes are higher than ever for service providers. So how can you build on DRM to reduce copyright infringement and minimize losses? The very nature of video piracy means it’s tough to put an accurate figure on global levels. But some estimates claim illegal streaming make…

By Ted Rose, Operational Security, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco Our security team already blogged about the complex realities of securing digital video content back in April, when attendees of the National Association of Broadcasters gathered in Las Vegas for their annual mee…

If you’ve been waiting for marketplace evidence of the implementation of DVB-CSA3 — also known as version 3 of the Common Scrambling Algorithm, and the most advanced encryption algorithm for broadcast in the DVB standard — it’s to be found in Cologne, Germany, at this week’s ANGA COM. Eu…