SVTA5056: OTT Streaming Security Checklist

As more direct-to-consumer Over-the-Top (OTT) apps are making their way to the marketplace, it is helpful to provide a single checklist that contains a list of the security options in use by contemporary OTT services. This ensures that security options are taken into consideration every step of the way, from design and architecture, to development and test, and finally to live operation. This will also provide an understanding of potential security risks that may be presented when certain security options are foregone.

This document provides an end-to-end security checklist that an OTT service provider, technology vendor, and service developer can reference as they seek to improve content protection on OTT streaming services.