Smart Card Security

VideoGuard® smart card-based conditional access solution is the market leader. It has an unparalleled track record in securing the pay-TV industry’s most successful platforms with the best ongoing defense against piracy.

  • Most advanced security implementation. Customized and integrated designs for hardware and software components offer the best defense against attempts to compromise or break the service relationship between the TV operator and subscriber.
  • Cryptography expertise. The NDS cryptography team includes the world’s leading experts. They select and develop the algorithms used in VideoGuard to protect your service and your content.
  • Unique customized solutions. NDS customers have a security solution tailored to their business needs, ensuring that efforts to pirate one platform cannot be applied to another platform.

VideoGuard smart cards provide the features operators need:

  • Security against piracy so you can remain fully focused on expanding your TV business.
  • Increased loyalty and ARPU because subscribers receive features and flexibility that translate into real value for money and reduce churn.
  • Wide range of business models, letting operators package and sell more content and services to subscribers, thus maximizing content investment.
  • Roadmap of new applications so your business will always have the latest features that will attract new subscribers and provide ongoing value for money.