Cloakware Launches Comprehensive OMA Digital Rights Management Security Solution to Enable Safe Content Delivery Across Open Source Platforms
AMSTERDAM-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Cloakware, an Irdeto Group company that provides proven software solutions for securing business and digital assets, today announced a new Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)-compliant Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution for the secure delivery of digital content across the popular Android open source platform. This solution, the OMA DRM 1.0 Client for Google’s Android Operating System, is a natural expansion of the company’s proven Windows Mobile offering and was developed in response to the groundswell of Android-supported mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, and other consumer electronics devices on the market today.
A recent report from Strategy Analytics forecasts that Android will be the operating system of choice for 12 percent of smartphones by 2012, so device manufacturers, application developers and wireless carriers must implement a robust security approach now to mitigate the unique risks and vulnerabilities associated with open source technology.
“The release of Cloakware’s OMA DRM 1.0 Client for Android gives device manufacturers and their customers an edge in delivering secure content through an operating system that is fast becoming a new content ecosystem,” said David Canellos, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Irdeto. “By leveraging Cloakware’s extensive content and application security expertise in the development of the Android solution, we are able to meet the security requirements for carriers and content providers alike and are positioned to fully support a range of Android devices used in the broadcast, cable, gaming and motion picture industries.”
To accomplish this, Cloakware’s OMA DRM 1.0 Client for Android features the OMA Content Ingestion Agent, which processes all secure content and licenses similar to Android’s normal file download process. Additionally, the client features the OMA DRM Engine, which responds to requests by device applications for access to OMA secure content for rendering, file management, or peer-to-peer sharing. The OMA DRM Engine checks for licenses, evaluates the rights language of the license and decrypts the content for the application, working in conjunction with Android software. All mandatory and optional OMA DRM features and several features specifically designed for Android mobile devices are incorporated into the new client, including:
- Support for all three OMA DRM delivery methods: forward lock, combined delivery, and separate delivery
- Peer-to-peer sharing and licensing of shared content
- Support for Android DRM application programming interfaces
- Advanced encryption features to prevent unauthorized content redistribution
- Maintenance of rights objects received by the rights issuer
- Streamlined device integration
- DRM User Interface that supports 27 languages and localized customizations
Please visit Irdeto during IBC 2009 in Amsterdam from September 11-15, Hall 1, #D51 to view live demonstrations and to meet with an Irdeto representative.
About Irdeto
Irdeto empowers companies to protect and monetize their digital assets and maximize return on content with innovative and reliable software technologies, content management and distribution solutions and end-to-end solutions and services. The company’s products include conditional access, digital rights management, business support systems and set-top box software solutions. Through group company Cloakware, it provides software and datacenter security solutions, More than 500 customers worldwide trust Irdeto to secure and enable the delivery of their valuable content across digital broadcast, IP, mobile, enterprise and government networks. Irdeto solutions currently enable simple to advanced business models on more than one billion devices and applications.
Founded in 1969, Irdeto employs over 900 people in 25 offices across the globe, including the dual corporate headquarters in Amsterdam and Beijing. The company is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN), which includes a wide range of pay TV, Internet, instant-messaging, technology and publishing businesses. For more information, please visit www.irdeto.com.
About Cloakware
Cloakware, an Irdeto company and part of the Naspers group, provides innovative, secure, proven software technology solutions that enable customers to protect business and digital assets in enterprise, consumer and government markets. Cloakware’s two main product lines include; Cloakware Datacenter Solutions which help organizations meet governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) objectives for privileged password management while ensuring business continuity and the security of mission-critical data and IT infrastructure. Cloakware Consumer Product Solutions protect software and content on PCs, set-top boxes, mobile phones and media players. Protecting more than one billion deployed applications, Cloakware is the security cornerstone of many of the world's largest, most recognizable and technologically advanced companies. Headquartered in Vienna, VA and Ottawa, Canada, Cloakware has regional sales offices worldwide. www.cloakware.com
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