PHOENIX — Silicondust has secured a new certificate authority for ATSC 3.0 television broadcasters and a patent-pending Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), advancements the company believes provide further security options and a fresh compliance solution for television broadcasters and other industries that utilize the ATSC 3.0 standard.
Silicondust is currently issuing FullTrust and AskTrust certificates. FullTrust certificates are an important part of ATSC 3.0 security and are used to authenticate the transmissions of FCC licensed television stations so television receivers can check the broadcast has not been tampered with.
AskTrust certificates enable the use of ATSC 3.0 technology in private RF environments, enabling stadiums, airports, government buildings, and other facilities to utilize ATSC 3.0 technology.
Silicondust’s OCSP technology ensures broadcasts remain compliant throughout station-side and infrastructure-side internet outages that could otherwise result in televisions rejecting TV channels.
“Broadcasters need an ATSC 3.0 security solution that will operate flawlessly throughout any emergency, with or without internet,” Nick Kelsey, President of Silicondust, remarked. “Our OCSP solution does that, ensuring stations can continue to broadcast in the event of station-side or wider scale internet outage.”
