A Practical Guide to Securing SMPTE ST 2110 Systems and What Standards Organizations Are Doing to Help

Abstract

<italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Securing SMPTE ST 2110 systems is becoming an important issue since it adds new ways that your facility can be attacked. For example, an attacker could disable your SMPTE ST 2059/Precision Time Protocol (PTP) infrastructure, crippling your facility. Tackling security may seem like a daunting challenge. Many users and equipment vendors do not know where to start. To assist users and vendors, standards and related organizations such as SMPTE, the Joint Taskforce on Networked Media (JT-NM), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are working on specific parts of the security challenge. They are developing practical and actionable solutions. While these solutions do not address all aspects of security, they are a good starting point to get the industry moving in the right direction. This paper summarizes the ongoing work in different standards and related organizations and provide practical and actionable solutions for securing SMPTE ST 2110 systems. Because of its criticality, specific focus will be placed on the SMPTE ST 2059/PTP infrastructure</i> .