Understanding Protection Levels in Fastevo Media Protection Platform

Overview

Fastevo Media Protection Platform (Fastevo MP2) provides three levels of protection to safeguard your multimedia content:

• Standard Protection
• Enhanced Protection
• Adaptive Protection

Each level offers a different degree of security, compatibility, and features. Understanding these protection levels and analyzing your audience's playback capabilities is crucial for selecting the right level.

Importance of Analyzing Device Playback Capabilities

Before choosing a protection level, it's essential to understand your audience's device capabilities. Analyzing device playback capabilities helps you:

• Optimize Viewer Experience: Ensure content plays smoothly on viewers' devices.
• Maximize Security: Apply the highest protection level compatible with viewers' devices.
• Identify Compatibility Issues: Address devices that may have trouble with higher protection levels.

Utilize the Device Playback Capabilities page to gain insights into your viewers' devices and their ability to handle different protection levels.

Protection Levels and Their Identifiers

Each protection level is represented by a specific string identifier:

• Standard Protection: "standard"
• Enhanced Protection: "enhanced"
• Adaptive Protection: "adaptive"

These identifiers are used when configuring the protection level within the Fastevo MP2 ecosystem.

Adaptive Protection (Recommended)

Adaptive Protection is the pinnacle of Fastevo MP2's security offerings and the recommended protection level for most cases. It combines the broad compatibility of standard protection with the robust security measures of enhanced protection.

Key Features

• Dynamic Adjustment: Automatically switches between standard and enhanced modes based on the viewer's device capabilities and behavior.
• Maximum Compatibility: Ensures that viewers on devices that cannot support enhanced protection still receive content securely.
• Optimal Security: Provides the highest level of protection possible for each viewer, maximizing content security without sacrificing accessibility.

Benefits

• Seamless Viewer Experience: Viewers receive the best possible playback experience without manual intervention.
• Efficient Resource Utilization: Streamlines content delivery by adapting protection levels automatically.
• Reduced Support Overhead: Minimizes playback issues related to device incompatibility.

Implementation

• Configuring Adaptive Protection: Set the protection level to "adaptive" in your playback tokens.
• Analyzing Audience: Use the Device Playback Capabilities report to monitor how adaptive protection performs across different devices.

Standard Protection

Standard Protection offers basic security measures that prevent content download and screen capturing on most devices. It provides a substantial level of protection suitable for a wide range of applications.

Key Features

• Content Access Control: Blocks unauthorized downloads and reduces casual piracy.
• High Compatibility: Works seamlessly across a broad spectrum of devices.
• Steganography: Includes steganographic techniques for piracy tracking.

Use Cases

• Wide Audience Reach: Ideal when targeting a diverse audience with varied device capabilities.
• Basic Security Needs: Suitable when enhanced security features are not critical.

Enhanced Protection

Enhanced Protection provides the highest level of security available, ensuring your content remains exclusive to your platform.

Key Features

• Complete Screen Capture Blockage: Prevents any form of screen recording or capturing.
• Content Download Prevention: Blocks all unauthorized content downloads.
• Steganography: Utilizes advanced piracy tracking methods.

Use Cases

• Premium Content: Ideal for highly valuable content requiring maximum security.
• Controlled Environments: Suitable when you have confidence in audience device capabilities.

Considerations

• Device Compatibility: Some older or less common devices may not support enhanced protection.
• Audience Analysis: Use the Device Playback Capabilities report to ensure your audience's devices can support enhanced protection.

Leveraging SIEM Rules for Advanced Control

Even when using Adaptive Protection, you can further customize content security by implementing SIEM Rules.

Benefits of SIEM Rules

• Conditional Protection Levels: Override default protection levels based on specific conditions.
• Dynamic Response: Adjust content delivery in real-time based on viewer behavior or device attributes.
• Enhanced Security Measures: Block access or downgrade protection levels for risky behaviors.

Examples

• Geo-Restriction: Use SIEM rules to block or adjust content protection levels for viewers in specific regions.
• Device-Specific Rules: Apply enhanced protection only to devices that support it, ensuring compatibility.
• Behavior-Based Actions: Block access for viewers exhibiting suspicious activity.

Implementation

• Create SIEM Rules: Define conditions and actions in the SIEM Rules configuration.
• Combine with Adaptive Protection: Use SIEM rules to complement Adaptive Protection, providing granular control over content delivery.

For detailed instructions, visit the SIEM Rules Documentation.

Configuring Protection Levels

The protection level is configured at the playback token level. This allows you to provide a different set of permissions to specific users, ensuring the right balance between security and compatibility for your multimedia content.

Steps to Configure

1. Generate Playback Token: When creating a playback token, set the protectionLevel field to one of the identifiers: "standard", "enhanced", or "adaptive".
2. Adjust with SIEM Rules: If necessary, use SIEM rules to override the protection level for specific conditions.
3. Monitor Performance: Use analytics and device playback capabilities reports to monitor how your settings perform.

Example Token Payload

{
  "contentId": "your-content-id",
  "protectionLevel": "adaptive",
  // ... other token parameters
}

Best Practices

• Default to Adaptive Protection: Start with adaptive protection to maximize both security and compatibility.
• Analyze Audience Regularly: Continuously monitor device playback capabilities to understand your audience's needs.
• Leverage SIEM Rules: Implement SIEM rules to handle specific scenarios and conditions that require different security behaviors.
• Test Thoroughly: Before rolling out changes to a broad audience, test protection levels on various devices to identify potential issues.

Conclusion

Choosing the right protection level is essential for balancing content security and viewer accessibility. By:

• Defaulting to Adaptive Protection
• Analyzing your Audience's Device Capabilities
• Utilizing SIEM Rules for Fine-Grained Control

You can ensure that your content is both secure and accessible to your audience.

For more information:

• Device Playback Capabilities: View Report
• SIEM Rules Configuration: Learn More
• Apple FairPlay Configuration: Setup Guide