ATIS IIF Delivers Integral Pieces Enabling Secure IPTV Delivery

Two New IPTV Standards Are Major Contributions to the IPTV Security Solution (ISS)

September 5, 2008, Washington – ATIS announced the release of two new standards created by the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF): the Certificate Trust Management Hierarchy (ATIS-0800015) and the Standard PKI Certificate Format (ATIS-0800016). The new requirements address managing sensitive information in an IPTV environment.

“Ensuring the secure transmission of live broadcast video, content on demand and interactive TV options is critical if IPTV is to successfully reach its market potential,” says Susan Miller, President and CEO of ATIS. “These two new security solutions standards are keys to creating the trustworthy environment needed to move IPTV to widespread deployment.”

To prevent loss or theft of service, executable software must be authenticated before it is allowed to run on IPTV receiving devices. The Certificate Trust Management Hierarchy Standard helps to thwart security threats by establishing the authenticity of information before delivering it to receiving devices.

In developing this standard, the IIF detailed requirements that establish a trust relationship between relevant business entities for the generation, distribution, and revocation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates. The certificate hierarchy is the basis for PKI operations between client-side and server-side elements.

The second standard, the Standard PKI Certificate Format, defines the specifications for the interoperability of systems and components in the IPTV architecture, specifically the IPTV Security Solution (ISS) with respect to standard PKI certificate format.

Access both of the new standards through the ATIS Document Center at: https://www.atis.org/docstore/. The Document Center is the leading, online resource to published and pre-published telecommunication standards, as well as technical reports, requirements, and guidelines produced by ATIS-sponsored industry forums and committees.

About ATIS IIF
The ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) is recognized globally as the leading developer of requirements, standards, and specifications for Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV. More than 40 ATIS member companies are actively engaged in ATIS’ IPTV standardization efforts through the ATIS IIF, including Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, Qwest, Sun Microsystems, and Verizon, among others.

For more information about the ATIS IIF, please visit www.atis.org/iif.

About ATIS
ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to providing leadership for, and the rapid development and promotion of, worldwide technical and operations standards for information, entertainment and communications technologies using a pragmatic, flexible, and open approach. Participants from more than 300 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 22 industry committees and Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org