NXTcomm: ATIS Adding Methods to Content Security Madness

ATIS is working on an ambitious effort, which it outlined at NXTcomm Tuesday, aimed at protecting content on home networks from a growing list of wired and wireless devices used to access video. The undertaking is at the behest of both service providers and content owners who fear piracy of their wares.

The ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (ATIS-IIF) is focusing on creating a multitiered plan that defines appropriate content protection for each device.

“There are many more devices in the home which means opportunity and challenges for digital rights management,” said Dan O’Callaghan, who chairs the ATIS-IIF and is a principal member of the technical staff for video architecture at Verizon Communications Inc.

The unit’s IPTV Security Solutions Committee has been looking at the issue of content security and DRM for some time, said O’Callaghan, and it is formulating a game plan that keeps content owners and service providers happy without restraining media access and sharing.

“We’re looking at defining a certificate hierarchy that has [device-specific] rules and addresses the multithreat mode,” he said. “The network may be secure but not all devices are.”

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