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The Challenge of Modern Content Distribution 

Content providers face a multitude of challenges to the efficient delivery of video-on-demand (VOD) assets across platforms. And those experiences are as diverse as the audiences they serve, from traditional pay TV to countless streaming services...

Comcast Technology Solutions has recently announced Comcast Media360™, a groundbreaking new approach to media technology partnerships that achieves greater efficiency, simplicity, and scalability across the entire video delivery ecosystem. Click here to read the press announcement.  

But just what is Comcast...

The shift in how consumers watch TV 

The entertainment landscape and the way people watch TV has undergone a seismic shift over the past decade. Streaming services have surged in popularity, fundamentally changing how audiences access and engage with content.  

On...

With 2025 well underway, it’s the perfect time to reflect on how the media and entertainment industry measured up to our predictions from last year. The verdict? Many of our experts’ forecasts were right on the mark, while others unfolded in unexpected...

It’s easy to get caught up in the hive mentality, and it happens more than you think when purchasing cybersecurity products and services.  

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission has been launching investigations into anticompetitive practices related to the cybersecurity industry. Anti-competitive practices can...

Data, data everywhere, and not a drop of insight. The enterprise collects terabytes of data from hundreds of different, disconnected security tools. Yet, while organizations have vast amounts of data, they struggle to be data-driven.  

Internal stakeholders have their own tools to help...

It’s been three years since MVPDs accommodated the big 5G spectrum reallocation, and three years since we started helping companies to answer the question, “what would it look like to move our delivery model from orbit and down to earth?” Since then, our...

The shift from traditional advertising models to more diverse, digital-focused strategies has brought brand marketers to an interesting crossroads: the choice between centralized production, which offers streamlined efficiency and brand consistency, and decentralized production/fragmentation, a model that can deliver greater flexibility, diverse creative...

Why do monitoring and logging matter?  

Although this is a foundational question in cybersecurity and networking, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month makes this a great time to (re)visit important topics.  

Monitoring and logging are very similar to security cameras and home alarm systems. They...

Like many cybersecurity vendors, we like to keep an eye out for the publication of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) each year. It’s been a reliable way to track the actors, tactics and targets that have forced the need for a...

We are proud to announce that DataBee is recognized as one of only 35 companies to achieve the AWS Security Competency in Threat Detection and Response. We have worked diligently to help customers gain faster, better insights from their security data, making today...

For streaming, broadcasting, or advertising, live sports represent some of the most exciting and most complex events to manage — and some of the most lucrative, particularly when it comes to breaking into new markets.  

But when you’re only live once...

Recently, DataBee hosted a webinar focused on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), a pivotal piece of EU legislation that is set to reshape the cybersecurity landscape for financial institutions. The talk featured experts Tom Schneider, Cybersecurity GRC Professional Services Consultant at...

With a subscription video on demand (SVOD) services market expected to surpass $1.2 billion by the end of this year, it’s no wonder that entertainment and media companies are looking at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with increased focus. While the...

2024 has been a big “events” year for DataBee as we’ve strived to raise awareness of the new business and the DataBee Hive™ security, risk and compliance data fabric platform. We’ve participated in events across North America and EMEA including Black Hat...

If the proverb is, it takes a village to raise a child, then the corollary in the business world is that it takes a village to get compliance right. And in this analogy, compliance officers are the mayor of this village. Compliance officers...

For planning compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) supplies a document that provides excellent foundational advice for both overall cybersecurity, and PCI DSS compliance. Organizations may already be aware of it, but...

During my time as a SOC analyst, triaging and correlating alerts often felt like solving a puzzle without the box or knowing if you had all the pieces.  

My days consisted of investigating alerts in an always-growing incident queue. Investigations could start with...

Organizations often adopt data tiering to reduce the amount of data that they send to their analytics tools, like Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions. By diverting data to an object store or a data lake, organizations are able to manage and...

Data can come in all shapes and sizes. As the “data guy” here at DataBee® (and the “SIEM guy” in a past life), I’ve worked plenty with logs and data feeds in different formats, structures, and sizes delivered using different methods and protocols. ...

If there’s one thing that’s self-evident in this U.S. presidential election year, it’s this: political advertising moves fast.  

"For agencies representing the vast number of campaigns across state and national campaigns, it’s not just about the sheer volume, but also about the need...

It’s commonplace these days to assume we can learn everything about someone from their digital activity – after all, people share so much on social media and over digital chats. However, advanced threats are more careful on digital. To catch advanced threats, therefore...

“Knowledge is power.” Whether you attribute this to Sir Francis Bacon or Thomas Jefferson, you’ve probably heard it before. In the context of IT and security, knowing your assets, who owns them, and how they’re connected within your environment are fundamental first steps...

Financial institutions are a critical backbone of the local and geographical – and world – economy. As such the financial services industry is highly regulated and often faces new compliance mandates and requirements. Threat actors target the industry because it manages and processes...

Linear television isn’t dead, but it certainly isn’t the same as it was even five years ago. As content delivery and consumption shift toward digital platforms, content owners and distributors find themselves navigating a rapidly evolving landscape. The rise of streaming services has...

When you join an organization the size of Comcast, it’s easy for outsiders to see only “Fortune 29 Company!” or “huge enterprise!”. But tell that to the DataBee team – we’ve been in start-up land since October 2022. And it’s been an...