AIB provides cyber security briefing to Members

With increasing numbers of cyber attacks on broadcasters and heightened geopolitical tension, the Association for International Broadcasting has issued a cyber essentials briefing deck to its members across the world.

The deck offers practical advice and reminders to chief information security officers, chief technology officers, strategists and others who are responsible for ensuring broadcasters and associated companies remain on the air and safe from cyber attack.

“This briefing deck is part of the AIB’s continuing work on cyber security on behalf of its members globally,” says AIB chief executive Simon Spanswick. “Many AIB members have extensive cyber experience and expertise. However it’s important that as an Association we work to ensure that all our members are protected as far as they can be against attack. Broadcasters are major targets for malign actors and need all the help that they can get to safely maintain operations. This briefing deck is a modest contribution to that work.”

The AIB has a Cyber Security Working Group that facilitates the exchange of intelligence and information about cyber issues. It is also working with Royal Holloway University of London on the creation of a Media Broadcast Security Centre that will test and evaluate equipment and systems deployed in broadcasters around the world. The AIB also liaises with national security agencies in key territories on cyber security for broadcasting and media. 

For more information about the AIB’s work in this mission critical area, contact the AIB Secretariat on +44 20 7993 2557.