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Video Security with Cincopa: Ensuring Safe Transmission, Storage, and Delivery

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Like any content on the internet, videos must be protected from misuse and plagiarism. In environments where videos hold critical or sensitive information, ensuring secure transmission, storage, and delivery is essential.

Cincopa’s media platform provides multiple security mechanisms to ensure end-to-end protection and integrity of video data. From secure upload to safe delivery and viewing, Cincopa makes sure that videos and related metadata are stored and transmitted securely.

How Does Cincopa Ensure High Security for User Media?

Cincopa combines strong network and IT security policies with comprehensive cloud video hosting, ensuring full end-to-end security. With various security features, Cincopa allows users to control and protect access to videos, even outside their organization.

Let’s explore how media uploaded to Cincopa is securely transmitted and delivered using a global CDN network or eCDN, and how to implement and use advanced security features.

Cincopa’s Video Data Flow (Cloud Edition)

To fully understand how Cincopa secures your media, it’s helpful to look at the complete journey a video takes from upload to end-user viewing. Cincopa’s cloud-based architecture ensures that each stage of this process is optimized for performance and protected with robust security measures. Below is an overview of the typical data flow for videos hosted on Cincopa’s Cloud Edition.

  1. Video Capture or Upload: A user captures or uploads video to the platform.

  2. Storage & Transcoding: The video is stored and transcoded on the media server.

  3. Delivery: The video is streamed/delivered over the web via a global CDN.

  4. Viewing: The video is viewed by the end-user.

  5. Analytics: View analytics data in compliance with GDPR.Secure Video

Let’s dive into each of these steps:

1. Video Upload or Capture by the User

Users can upload videos using Cincopa’s User-Generated Content (UGC) recorder or directly via the media CMS, externally embedded uploader API, or RESTful APIs. Secure upload methods include FTP and Amazon S3 bucket sync. Additional layers of security are available, such as:

  • SSO (Single Sign-On) and 2FA for platform access.

  • Password protection and IP/Domain protection to restrict external upload access.

2. Storage and Transcoding

Videos are stored and transcoded on secure media servers hosted on AWS and backed up on IBM Soft Layer. Cincopa encodes the video to create multiple versions that optimize viewing based on device and bandwidth, conserving bandwidth and providing buffer-free viewing.

  • Metadata and additional content (closed captions, thumbnails) are stored securely.

  • The platform is secured by SSL, and login options like SSO and 2FA help protect user data.

3. Delivered Over CDN

Videos are delivered via a global CDN, ensuring fast and secure delivery. The CDN caches and temporarily stores video content close to the user’s location, reducing latency and providing a seamless viewing experience.

4. Viewed by the End-User

At this stage, the video is viewed by the end-user through various secure access methods:

  • Embedded on secure intranets or public websites behind login walls.

  • Viewed using Cincopa’s portals or share pages, secured via HTTPS/SSL.

Additional security options include:

  • SSO/LDAP integration.

  • Viewer login via email/password or Google Plus login.

5. Analytics

Cincopa integrates with Google Analytics to provide detailed insights into video performance, including playtime tracking. For GDPR compliance, sensitive customer data can be masked or excluded.

Additional Security Measures

In addition to its core security infrastructure, Cincopa offers a range of advanced features that provide greater control over how your videos are accessed and shared. These optional measures help further protect sensitive content and ensure that only authorized users can view or interact with your media.

IP, Domain, and Geo Whitelisting:

You can restrict video access to specific IP ranges or domains, ensuring that the videos are only accessible to authorized users or locations.

Security Mechanisms Used by Cincopa

  1. AES Encryption:

    • All communications between viewers and the server are secured using 128-bit AES encryption.

  2. Domain Whitelisting:

    • Cincopa allows embedding videos only on specific domains, restricting unauthorized viewers from accessing your content.

  3. IP Whitelisting:

    • Users can whitelist a range of IP addresses, preventing access from unauthorized users outside the specified range.

  4. Proprietary Video Streaming:

    • Cincopa uses a proprietary video streaming protocol, ensuring that videos are only accessible via the Cincopa Player, protecting your videos from being accessed through other players.

  5. GDPR Compliance:

    • Cincopa fully complies with GDPR regulations. Learn more about our GDPR compliance and data privacy here.

  6. Allow/Restrict Downloads:

    • Cincopa gives users the option to enable or disable downloads for specific media files, with the option to allow downloads on right-click for convenience.

  7. Data Center Security:

    • Videos are hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is SSAE 16 certified and provides high levels of security. Learn more about AWS security here.

  8. SSO (Single Sign-On):

    • Cincopa offers SSO for large organizations, allowing users to sign in once and gain access to multiple applications without having to remember separate credentials.

  9. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer):

    • SSL encryption ensures that all user data is securely transmitted to Cincopa’s servers, protecting it from unauthorized access.

Cincopa provides a comprehensive suite of security features to ensure that your videos are stored, transmitted, and delivered securely, while giving you full control over access and privacy.

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