That is of course, in hotels where the establishment has taken a shortcut and not implemented a robust IT-based system. There is the risk now with the introduction of bring your own content with apps connecting to smart TVs that in densely packed hotels users can share adult materials to in-room smart TVs of other guests. From a hacking perspective it would either be public displays and a mischievous computer whizz or a top level government job either way, shouldn’t affect the masses.ĭo you have any examples of where AV security has been compromised in digital signage and IPTV?įrom an IPTV perspective, we’ve not seen much yet publicly but have heard tales. AV isn’t a widely known industry and its solutions generally fly under the radar. Would you say every company is a potential target for a hacker? From an AV perspective it just seems to be visible, public display environments that are targets. Obviously you get the occasional public display of hacking on digital signage screens, but that is because a hacker sees the screen and thinks ‘I wonder if I can get into that’ rather than sitting at home thinking ‘I need to hack some digital signage’.
Most of these systems are off the radar of hackers as there is little they can learn from them and little damage they can do. Hacks aren’t very frequent, in my six years with Tripleplay I can’t recall anything other than a disgruntled IT employee sabotaging a digital signage deployment when nobody closed down his network access after being sacked. I wouldn’t say any solution is infallible, but some are more robust than others. Vulnerability starts the minute a system is connected to the public internet and then only if the network firewall is not configured correctly.
#IPTV BY HACKER SOFTWARE#
But with 1,000 plus digital signage software solutions in the market I’d be surprised if all of them were particularly interested in security. I think most of the proper IPTV and digital signage vendors are taking cyber security seriously, those who deal with large scale enterprise clients. IPTV is and always has been more IT than AV, and getting more heavily so the industry is moving away from the appliance/black box approach and moving more towards software, which brings with it further need for enhanced security and encryption.ĭespite some of the horror stories in the press around cyber attacks, do you think the subject is being taken seriously enough? For me, it isn’t a surprise that the AV industry doesn’t understand this, IPTV is a bit of a new thing to many.
#IPTV BY HACKER FULL#
They also want to ensure the content is only accessible from where and when it should be so having an IPTV solution with full content management platform with DRM, geo-located access and control of downloads can really help. When it comes to IPTV the security concern comes from the content owner, be that Sky, Dish, Foxtel or Mediacorp they want assurance that an employee cannot re-broadcast the streams you are distributing on a corporate network to the World Wide Web. However, there is also risk of allowing digital signage system administrators seeing and using certain content within a CMS, or a disgruntled employee using the system to show a finger to their boss on their final day understanding user management, having a system that supports workflow management and ensuring digital signage systems are inaccessible from outside of a corporate network can help with this. “Understanding the risks associated with AV technology is a problem, absolutely”
#IPTV BY HACKER WINDOWS#
We’ve seen a number of instances of windows digital signage systems being hacked and displaying adult materials in public spaces, digital graffiti, which people understand it’s a hack and a delinquent with a PC. While there are some very visual and obvious challenges the industry can understand, there are others they don’t. Understanding the risks associated with AV technology is a problem, absolutely. The world of online espionage, hacking, illegal streaming and, what I like to call, ‘digital graffiti’ has forced many AV technology companies to rethink but not all. With the dawn of IP however that has dramatically changed. It wasn’t networked, so there was no need to consider security. The cynic in me thinks the AV industry ignores security out of convenience, some because they don’t pay it enough attention, some because they can’t solve it and some because they don’t care enough. There seems to be very little written about the subject of AV and security. James Keen, group marketing manager at video streaming and digital signage software provider Tripleplay, on how a lack of understanding could be putting your company at risk
0 kommentar(er)
