Verimatrix has announced the release of its new DVB ReAccess solutions that serves as a uniquely powerful over-the-air (OTA) Conditional Access System (CAS). The solution also provides users with added peace of mind following the recent completion of Cartesian’s Farncombe Security Audit.
DVB ReAccess addresses a notable hurdle for one-way networks such as broadcast satellite providers that lack bidirectional handshakes to identify and authenticate client devices authorised to decrypt content. In one-way networks, the security of content relies almost exclusively on the resistance and resilience of the CAS, the most secure of which have a client software deeply anchored within the device’s hardware, leveraging a number of security features provided by the chipset. Consequently, once a CAS is integrated on a device, it’s typically very challenging to replace it by a simple OTA software update, whilst maintaining the same level of security.
Verimatrix DVB ReAccess is a well-tested OTA CAS retrofit solution that can be downloaded over the air into deployed devices as a replacement of an incumbent CAS, without requiring any device swap, nor any physical intervention. To mitigate all the constraints related to its OTA nature, DVB ReAccess implements a number of white box cryptography and code protection techniques, areas on which Verimatrix has long-established experience.
Verimatrix engaged Cartesian to conduct a Farncombe Security Audit of DVB ReAccess which confirmed that DVB ReAccess has comparable security levels to the best-in-class software CAS solutions.
“The security innovations within DVB ReAccess and the completion of Cartesian’s Farncombe Security Audit offers broadcast satellite providers and others an unmatched level of confidence that their content remains protected,” said Dr Klaus Schenk SVP of Security and Threat Research at Verimatrix.
