Hands-on Cybersecurity for Media Broadcast Engineers and Technicians

Overview

Cyberattacks have become a critical risk for broadcasters. Several major hacks have occurred in recent years showing the tremendous damage that cyberattacks can have on the media industry.

Re-enforcing cybersecurity in broadcast is everyone’s responsibility. As an engineer or technician in production, you need to learn about IT vulnerabilities, in theory and practice.

In this hands-on Master Class, through lectures, demos and exercises, you will get the skills and knowledge you need to identify equipment vulnerabilities, secure working processes and mitigate the risks of cyber-attacks on your production. 

Who it's for

• Broadcast Production technicians and engineers
• Professionals with little or no media cybersecurity knowledge and experience

Skills Learnt

• Business: Understand the cyber risks that production equipment constitutes for your media organization
• Safety & Security:

1. Learn about cybersecurity essentials.
2. Learn how to assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of your production equipment and network.
3. Play an active part in strengthening the cyber security of your media organization.
4. Understand what cybersecurity vulnerabilities are, how to categorize and rank them,
5. Understand Security Testing Guidelines and the work of the EBU on the matter,
6. Learn how to detect cybersecurity vulnerabilities through practical testing exercises on equipment (switch, encoder, converter, camera…) and network,
7. Review what to do in case of exiting vulnerabilities and what information to disclose to whom,
8. Learn from real-live cyber attack case studies and discuss cybersecurity challenges with peers in a safe environment.

Schedule

Day 1: 13:00 – 17:30

Day 2: 09:00 – 13:00

Programme Outline

Module 1: Introductions & objectives

• Introductions & objectives
• Introductory demo
• Security recommendations
• Vulnerability scanning exercise
• Vulnerability exist, what to do next ?

Module 2: Vulnerability and risk assessment

• Vulnerability and risk assessment
• Hands-on exercises (CVSS; Scanning)
• Case studies & open discussion
• Key take aways and wrap-up.

Practice

Trainees will have the opportunity to test various types of equipment using vulnerability scanners and tools.

Equipment needed

It is recommended that trainees bring their own laptop.

Certification

After completing the 2 modules, you will be awarded an EBU Academy Certificate