Advancing Cyber Resilience across Streaming Media Platforms

Background

A leading digital streaming and media services provider operating across mobile, Smart TV, Android TV, and set-top box platforms sought to strengthen the security and resilience of its rapidly expanding digital ecosystem. With increasing user adoption, premium content distribution requirements, and evolving cybersecurity threats, the organization aimed to ensure secure content delivery, protect customer data, and maintain compliance with global security and privacy standards. 

Challenge

To support scalable growth and secure product innovation, the company initiated a comprehensive security transformation focused on platform security, governance, software supply chain integrity, and proactive risk management across the entire product lifecycle.

Key objectives included:

• Identify security weaknesses across Android TV, Smart TV, mobile, and set-top box platforms
• Assess authentication mechanisms, content protection controls, communication channels, and application security architecture
• Improve governance, risk management, and compliance alignment with ISO 27001 & GDPR security/ privacy standards
• Enhance software supply chain security and secure product release processes
• Establish proactive security validation throughout the product lifecycle rather than relying on post-development assessments

Solution

Tata Elxsi delivered a comprehensive application security and compliance program covering the client's entire digital media ecosystem.

Key Activities Executed:

• Conducted Threat Modelling workshops across critical applications and services.
• Detailed security risk assessment was performed on integrated design of platform and client applications
• Performed Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Vulnerability Assessments.
  Executed Penetration Testing (VAPT) for platform, mobile, TV, and STB applications & Infrastructure
• Completed security reviews and assessments across platform components
• Checked compliance readiness for GDPR
• Performed SBOM generation, assessment, and software supply chain analysis
• Delivered Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) reviews aligned with ISO 27001 controls
• Conducted security maturity assessments and benchmarking exercises
• Provided remediation guidance, developer enablement, and security advisory support
• Validated remediation through re-assessments and security verification cycles

Impact

Tata Elxsi enabled secure content delivery, seamless user experiences, accelerated product releases, and stronger cyber resilience across TV, OTT, STB, and mobile application ecosystems while improving regulatory compliance and operational security maturity. By adopting a security-first approach that integrates platform protection, DRM safeguards, Secure SDLC practices, and DevSecOps automation, helped the customer strengthen resilience, accelerate remediation, reduce cyber risks, and build scalable, high-performance platforms that drive business growth.

Key outcomes delivered:

• Established a proactive Secure-by-Design approach across digital media products and services
• Expanded security coverage across EMI, Metadata Proxy, Mobile, TV, and STB platforms
• Improved overall security posture through Threat Modelling, SAST, Vulnerability Assessments, and VAPT
• Identified and mitigated critical application and platform security risks before production deployment
• Enhanced software supply chain security through comprehensive SBOM generation and risk analysis
• Achieved stronger ISO 27001 & GDPR compliance readiness through governance, privacy and control assessments
• Accelerated remediation timelines with developer-focused security guidance and validation testing
• Improved security maturity through benchmarking, risk-driven recommendations, and continuous assessments.

Key services delivered

• E2E Security Testing & Assessment
• Application Security
• Governance & Compliance
• Software Supply Chain Security
• Security Advisory