The Evolution of Consumer Device Security
About
The IET Media Technical Network is delighted to host a webinar looking at the state of art for application, device and video security architectures as the world has moved towards commodity technical implementations. This is part of its ‘Field Notes Series’ for 2025, which is focused on aspects of Security in the modern media world.
Join us for an insightful webinar focused on how today the industry of video entertainment has moved from protections based on proprietary and obscure software and hardware solutions, towards solutions driven by some the biggest technical players of Microsoft, Google and Apple, as well as broad usage of trusted execution environments and new approaches to service aggregation.
· How has device security evolved since the first STBs
· What are key factors that are universal to now and future devices
· Do these solutions offer the best capabilities to protect content, services and privacy?
· Do they offer everything that an operator needs?
· What does the lack of diversity mean in the face of a compromise?
· What is the role of the new entrants in this business. What will be the impact of innovation or lack of it?
· How does service aggregation impact the device and application security?
· Where is device security going next?
Come and watch our expert panel share with you their understanding and perspectives on the now and the future of Device Security protection.
Panel:
- Rodrigo Fernandes, Product Director Security Products, Irdeto
- Tom Thomas, Expert in CPE / ASIC architectures and Content Security
- Moderator and Presenter: Ian Nock, Vice Chair IET Media TN / Managing Consultant Fairmile West, Video Product and Consumer Device Architecture specialist
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
24 Apr 2025
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Organiser
- Media TN
Speakers
Ian Nock
Managing Consultant - Fairmile West Consulting
Ian Nock is a leading consultant and entrepreneur in the Media & Entertainment industry, specializing in technology strategy, product development, and delivery.
As Managing Consultant of Fairmile West, he has helped launch over 20 major video entertainment services across Europe since the late 1990s, providing specific expertise to startups, small, medium and large companies.
Ian is also a key figure in advancing next-generation video and audio technologies, serving as Chair of the Ultra HD Forum Interoperability Group and Vice Chair of the IET Media Technical Network. A Fellow of the SCTE and a member of the IET, SMPTE, and IEEE BTS, Ian actively promotes sustainability and innovation through his writing, public speaking, and industry leadership.
Rodrigo Fernandes
Product Director - Irdeto
I am the Product Director for Security products at Irdeto. I started in Irdeto back in 2012 as multi-DRM product manager. Prior to that, I have worked for over 14 years in the telecom industry in different roles, incl. Vodafone, T-Mobile and Nokia Networks.
Currently I am focusing on growing and enhancing existing video security capabilities, including CA, multi-DRM SaaS, Online Consumer Device Provisioning SaaS, Client Security and AI/ML for service abuse and Piracy Detection. I am passionate about securing playback workflows and integrating security best practices instreaming platforms.
Tom Thomas
Independent Contractor
Tom has spent his whole career in the PayTV and streaming security industry or adjacent, mostly towards the hardware side of consumer equipment.
He started as a hardware designer then architect at STMicroelectronics in the late 1990s when the MPEG-2 based digital TV boom was starting to take off (and hardware based security for STBs was nascent). Then as the industry matured over the next two decades Tom moved into security consultancy and auditing at Farncombe/Cartesian, providing specialist services to security vendors, content providers and others. In 2018 he moved back into the semiconductor world with Huawei as a silicon architect, developing its solutions for STB, TV, camera and IoT markets.
Tom currently work as an independent contractor.
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