'Renewable Security' Key to Protecting Digital Entertainment Content
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- As the fully networked and
integrated digital entertainment experience comes closer to reality, the issue
of content protection is taking on greater urgency within the entertainment
and consumer electronics industries according to Carter Laren, senior security
architect at Cryptography Research, Inc. With piracy already plaguing a
variety of digital media, Laren believes future digital entertainment content
protection systems must offer "renewable security" able to adapt to new
threats while giving content owners responsibility for and control over the
security of their content. He will discuss his views during a panel
discussion on Saturday, January 8 at the 2005 International CES in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
According to Laren, existing protection systems rely on static security
logic in player devices and are ineffective because they are unable to
anticipate and respond to every piracy threat. Legacy approaches are also
expensive to implement and impose unnecessary restrictions on legitimate
users. What's needed, says Laren, is a new security architecture based on
self-protecting digital content (SPDC) that carries its own programmatic
security policy. In conjunction with specially equipped player devices, this
content security program code can interact with users, query the player and
its associated peripherals or device drivers and control the playback process.
If a security problem is identified, the content can deliver an appropriate
response or countermeasure.
"SPDC brings programmability and true renewability to digital
entertainment formats, providing security based on risk management principles,
system upgradeability and unparalleled user interactivity," said Laren.
"Content producers win with more security, consumer electronics and PC makers
win because they can concentrate on what they do best and most of all users
win with a more compelling, interactive entertainment experience."
Carter Laren will be a panelist appearing in the "Entertainment Expands
the Digital Home: Networking, Sharing and Protecting" session (DH13), part of
the Digital Hollywood track, on Saturday, January 8 at 10:30 a.m. in room N259
of the North Hall.
Cryptography Research is actively involved in educating movie studios and
device manufacturers about the need for robust and renewable security systems.
CRI is a Principal Member of the DVD Forum and a leader in the forum's working
group on security. The company also provides security services and technology
to major Hollywood studios and actively participates in open meetings like the
Copy Protection Technology Working Group (CPTWG) and industry conferences.
Carter Laren is Cryptography Research's technical liaison to Hollywood
studios, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers.
Affectionately known as the "Anti-Pirate," he has extensive experience
designing and evaluating secure communication and pay-television systems,
tamper resistant devices and content protection technology. Carter holds a
B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, where
he was awarded the elite Chancellor's Scholarship.
About Cryptography Research, Inc.
Cryptography Research, Inc. provides consulting services and technology to
solve complex security problems. In addition to security evaluation and
applied engineering work, CRI is actively involved in long-term research in
areas including tamper resistance, content protection, network security and
financial services. The company has a broad portfolio of patents covering
countermeasures to differential power analysis and other vulnerabilities, and
is committed to helping companies produce secure smart cards and other tamper
resistant devices.
Security systems designed by Cryptography Research engineers annually
protect more than $60 billion of commerce for wireless, telecommunications,
financial, digital television and Internet industries. For additional
information or to arrange a consultation with a member of the technical staff,
please contact Jen Craft at 415-397-0123, ext. 329 or visit
http://www.cryptography.com.
SOURCE Cryptography Research, Inc.
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