From dailies on set to the final master — and the unreleased builds, manuscripts, and prototypes everywhere else — we assess the physical, digital, workflow, and human controls guarding high-value content. Aligned to TPN and MPA Content Security Best Practices for media and entertainment, and built for any organization protecting pre-release IP.
Content security assessments started in film and TV, but the same discipline applies anywhere pre-release material, unreleased IP, or sensitive deal content needs protecting — including from the people who already have access to it.
Vetting your own facilities and vendor ecosystem against TPN and internal content security standards.
Securing original content pipelines from acquisition through encode, packaging, and delivery.
Edit bays, render farms, and review rooms handling unreleased footage and assets.
Script, audio, and video access across distributed, often global, freelance workflows.
DCP creation, mastering, QC, and delivery pipelines handling final and near-final assets.
Feed security, credential control, and facility access for live and time-sensitive content.
Trailers, screeners, and campaign assets shared ahead of public release.
Media asset management and cloud workflow platforms storing client content at scale.
Unreleased builds, source code, and marketing assets across global dev, QA, and localization teams.
Unreleased masters, stems, and pre-release audio shared across labels, engineers, and marketing partners.
Manuscripts, advance copies, and cover art circulating before public release.
Unreleased product designs, prototypes, and embargoed announcements at tech and consumer brands.
Confidential deal documents, financial data, and privileged material shared across deal teams.
AppSec Sentinel was founded by a SANS GIAC-certified security engineer with hands-on experience architecting secure workflows for media production environments and other organizations safeguarding high-value content and IP — working at the intersection of physical security, cloud infrastructure, and insider risk where most firms only cover one.
Our practice is grounded in real-world security operations across the content supply chain — hardening cloud editing and rendering environments, enforcing network segmentation and endpoint controls across hybrid production infrastructure, and conducting content security and insider threat assessments aligned to MPA Content Security Best Practices, TPN criteria, and insider risk best practices. That operational depth is what separates our findings reports from checkbox audits.
From facility walkthroughs to cloud workflow reviews to insider risk programs, every engagement maps to an established control framework — whether you're protecting a pre-release film or an unannounced product.
A full-spectrum review across physical, digital, and workflow controls protecting pre-release and in-production content. We examine your facility, your systems, and your people — and translate findings into a prioritized, studio-ready risk register.
A pre-assessment engagement that mirrors the official TPN AAA methodology, so there are no surprises during your real assessment. We find and close the gaps before your assessor does.
The most damaging content and IP leaks come from people who already have legitimate access — employees, contractors, and freelancers — not external attackers. We evaluate the human risk layer across your systems and workflows, and build a program to catch it early.
For studios and platforms vetting the post-production, VFX, dubbing, and distribution vendors that touch their content — before access is granted, not after.
Engage before you migrate to a new MAM/PAM, cloud editing suite, or remote collaboration platform, and surface security issues while they're still cheap to fix.
30 minutes. We learn your content types, current TPN status, facility footprint, and workflow stack. We scope accordingly.
Facility walkthrough scheduled. Read-only access to relevant systems. Documentation request covering network diagrams, access logs, and vendor lists.
On-site facility walkthrough paired with technical review of digital workflows, cloud environments, and content tracking systems — mapped against TPN and MPA CSBP criteria.
Executive summary plus detailed findings mapped to MPA Content Security Best Practices control categories. Live readout with your security, IT, and production leadership.
Optional support window ahead of your official TPN assessment or annual reassessment, with re-checks on critical findings.
Straightforward pricing with no enterprise bloat and no junior-team bait-and-switch.
A focused content security assessment for a single facility or vendor relationship — built for pre-TPN onboarding or annual reassessment prep.
Full gap analysis and mock assessment across your facilities and vendor portfolio — the most complete picture of your TPN readiness in one scope.
A focused review of your insider risk program — access controls, DLP coverage, and offboarding hygiene — for organizations where the bigger risk is someone who already has access.
Content and insider threat assessments require thinking like both an external adversary and a trusted insider — tracing how a screener leaks, how a workstation gets isolated from the internet, how a prototype ends up outside an NDA.
Findings fail when they stay technical. We translate them into business impact — contractual risk, loss of key relationships, leaked pre-release content, brand damage — so leadership can prioritize with confidence.
Certified across security engineering disciplines, with direct hands-on experience securing production, post, cloud, and insider risk programs at scale. We know what good looks like because we've built it.
A 30-minute discovery call costs nothing. We'll scope the right assessment for your facility, vendor portfolio, or TPN timeline.