As media and entertainment companies continue to transition to software-based workflows and adopt IT and IP technology the subject of content security remains at the top of the agenda.
Netflix, WPP, Yahoo, TV5Monde and Sony Pictures Entertainment have all been in the spotlight as a result of cyber attacks, ranging from from content theft, data acquisition and ransomware infections to systems.
DPP Managing Director Mark Harrison says cyber warfare has become a complicated topic with an enormous field of activity.
He says: “Security has an increasingly complicated depth within the physical world let alone the cyber world. The nature of threats can vary massively and the motivation can vary massively depending on what the target happens to be.
“Taking over a company like 21st Century Fox could mean you have a real global impact, which would be a great concern.”
Fox Network Group distributes TV programmes, sports broadcasts, live channels including National Geographic and owns franchises including Deadpool, X-Men, Avatar and The Simpsons.
21st Century Fox Director of Content Protection, Europe and Africa Pascal Hetzscholdt says: “It is really valuable content which is…
