Securing the Stream: Inside Brightcove’s Security Strategy

The global shift to remote work has transformed video streaming from a convenience into critical infrastructure. Enterprises now depend on video platforms for everything from employee training to customer engagement, while media companies deliver content to millions of viewers worldwide. This evolution brings new security challenges: content must be protected from piracy, user data safeguarded and streaming quality maintained in the face of increasingly complex cyber threats.

These challenges converge at companies like Brightcove, which operates a video streaming platform for companies in more than 60 countries. After winning two Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards for innovation, Brightcove has focused on developing security frameworks that can scale across global networks while maintaining the performance demands of video delivery.

At the helm of this security operation is Karen Holmes, Head of Business Security at Brightcove. Her path to securing streaming media wound through military service and financial compliance. “Cybersecurity found me rather than me pursuing it,” Karen says “I have five children, so I know how to catch people doing bad things. I realised this really fed into my normal life – that combination of ADD and OCD that you need to keep 27 balls in the air and not drop a single one.”

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