Cybersecurity Lead (Media & OTT Domain)

Role Overview

The Cybersecurity Lead for Media & OTT (Over-the-Top) platforms is responsible for safeguarding digital assets, applications, intellectual property, and customer data against cyber threats unique to the media and streaming industry. This role oversees security strategy, manages a team, and ensures regulatory and industry compliance while also responding proactively to fast-evolving threat landscapes, including piracy, credential theft, and large-scale data breaches.

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Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement media- and OTT-specific cybersecurity strategy to protect content delivery, user data, and operational integrity.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cybersecurity professionals focused on media systems, OTT platforms, CDN networks, and client devices.

• Monitor real-time security events for OTT services, addressing incidents such as credential stuffing, phishing, account takeovers, piracy, and content leaks.

• Coordinate with IT, legal, DevOps, and business teams to embed secure-by-design principles into product development and deployment lifecycles.

• Oversee vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and forensics targeting streaming infrastructure, user authentication flows, DRM solutions, and video distribution chains.

• Ensure compliance with data privacy and content protection regulations, such as GDPR, DPDP, DMCA, and regional copyright laws.

• Conduct regular risk assessments of OTT apps, digital rights management systems, APIs, and third-party services.

• Develop and enforce security policies and protocols tailored to media streaming (e.g., content encryption, anti-piracy watermarking, key management).

• Implement security measures such as MFA, advanced fraud detection, and suspicious activity monitoring for user accounts and transactions.

• Respond promptly to cyber incidents (e.g., data breaches, leaks, DDoS attacks), leading root cause analysis and post-event reviews.

• Educate employees and end users on security best practices relevant to OTT usage and credential safety.

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Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (Master’s or specialist certification preferred).

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity with exposure to media, entertainment, or OTT platforms.

• Expertise in content protection (DRM, watermarking), cloud security (AWS, Azure), and modern authentication protocols (OAuth, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access).

• Experience with security frameworks: NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2, CIS Controls, MPA guidelines.

• Demonstrated proficiency in threat modeling, incident response, pen testing, and vulnerability management for media applications & platforms, OTT systems, Broadcasters, MSOs, Media Devices & System on Chip .

• Strong understanding of piracy tactics, credential compromise, DDoS, and regulatory landscape in media and streaming.

• Excellent leadership, stakeholder communication, and crisis management abilities.

• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CEH) and working knowledge of video content delivery mechanisms.

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Preferred

• Previous experience securing OTT or large-scale media streaming platforms.

• Familiarity with consumer protection, broadcast technology, anti-piracy technologies, and industry standards in DRM and content rights management.

• Experience integrating security into agile/DevSecOps workflows for continuous content delivery pipelines.