Content security, managed IT & cybersecurity for media · California & New York

Managed IT Services for Entertainment & Media

A leaked cut or a stalled render does not wait for a support ticket. CyberDuo runs and protects the technology behind production and post: content held to studio security standards, edit and render pipelines that stay up, and engineers who pick up fast when you are against a delivery date. We work with studios, production and post houses, agencies, and creative companies across California and New York.

Managed IT Services for Entertainment & Media
$75B+

Annual cost of digital piracy to the global media industry, projected to reach $125B by 2028.

Industry estimate, 2025

Q1 '26 > all '25

TPN issued more content-security alerts in early 2026 than in all of 2025, driven by credential attacks and unpatched systems.

MPA / TPN STAR Report, 2026

Studio gate

Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros, and Amazon require a TPN assessment before vendors touch pre-release content.

Motion Picture Association / TPN

What's at stake

A story that leaks before release is one you cannot sell twice.

In entertainment the asset is the content, and its value can evaporate the moment it leaks. Add render farms that cannot sit idle and studios that vet your security before they hand you a single frame, and ordinary IT does not cut it.

The leak is the loss

Pre-release content is the prize, and a single leaked cut can gut a launch. Piracy already drains an estimated $75 billion a year from the industry, and credential theft is now the leading way in.

Studios vet you first

Major studios require a TPN assessment against MPA Content Security Best Practices before vendors handle their content. Pass it and you make the list. Fail it and the work goes elsewhere.

Idle pipelines burn money

When the render farm, the MAM, or the edit bays go down, the whole schedule slips. We engineer for throughput and uptime, and we respond fast when a delivery is due.

What's included

What we run and protect across the pipeline

Rapid-response helpdesk & on-set support

Fast help by phone, email, or chat, plus engineers on-location when a set or a bay needs hands. See our 24/7 IT helpdesk and remote & on-site support.

Managed IT for production & post

Mac, Windows, and Linux workstations, high-speed networking, storage and MAM, plus monitoring, patching, and fast freelancer onboarding and offboarding. See network management and endpoint management.

Content security to studio standards

The controls a TPN assessment evaluates: network segmentation, identity and access, endpoint hardening, secure transfer, and watermarking support. See data protection & encryption and zero trust.

Security stack for credential attacks

Email and phishing protection, MFA and identity controls, endpoint protection, and 24/7 threat detection, aimed at the compromised-credential problem TPN flags as the top risk. See identity & access management and threat detection & response.

High-performance storage & backup

Production-grade storage and ransomware-resistant backups with tested restores, so media is protected and recoverable without stalling the cut. See backup & disaster recovery.

Assessment & vendor-questionnaire support

We help you prepare for and pass a TPN assessment and answer the security questionnaires studios send before they engage you. See compliance & risk assessments and vCIO / vCISO.
Content security

The standards we build your environment around

We design and document your setup around the content-security expectations studios hold vendors to. Expand any to see how.

The MPA’s Content Security Best Practices (currently v5.3.1) are the control framework for handling pre-release content, mapped to ISO 27001 and NIST. We build your environment to those controls across people, workflow, and technology, so handling studio content is not a scramble each time a project lands.

The Trusted Partner Network, run by the MPA, assesses vendors against those best practices through a tiered shield program (Blue, Silver, Gold, Gold Star). We prepare you for the assessment, close the gaps assessors look at most (vulnerability management, access control, endpoint hardening), and help you maintain the posture between reviews. We build the controls; the assessment and shield are issued by TPN, not by us.

Beyond TPN, individual studios send their own security questionnaires and requirements before engaging a vendor. We help you answer them accurately and stand behind the answers with real controls, so security speeds up the deal instead of stalling it.

If you sell tickets, merch, or subscriptions, PCI DSS governs how card data is handled. We scope your environment to reduce what falls in range and lock down what remains.

Agencies and media companies handling audience, subscriber, or campaign data carry obligations under California privacy law. We build data handling that lines up with CCPA and CPRA.

Platforms and enterprise partners increasingly want a SOC 2 report rather than a verbal assurance. We hold our own operations to SOC 2 Type II and get you ready for yours.

Last reviewed: June 2026.

Where we work

Every corner of the business has its own pressures

How we work with each. Expand the one that fits you.

Productions spin up fast, run hot, and wrap. We stand up secure, content-ready infrastructure for the shoot, handle on-set support, and tear it down cleanly, with the controls studios expect throughout.

Post houses live on render and storage performance and cannot afford a leak. We keep pipelines fast, segment and protect content, and prepare you for the TPN assessment your studio clients require.

Content owners need both strong internal security and confidence in their vendors. We secure your environment and help you raise the bar across the partners who touch your content.

Agencies hold sensitive deals, contracts, and client data that attract targeted attacks and BEC. We lock down email and documents and keep a fast-moving office productive and protected.

Unreleased tracks leak the same way films do. We protect masters and sessions, secure collaboration with artists and producers, and keep recording and mixing systems available.

Game studios protect source, assets, and unreleased builds across distributed teams. We secure the pipeline and the endpoints and keep build and test environments running.

Agencies juggle client assets, campaign data, and tight deadlines. We protect client material, meet the security terms in client contracts, and keep creative teams moving.

Animation runs long pipelines and heavy render loads with content under wraps for years. We keep render and storage fast, protect assets, and support distributed artists.

Digital media platforms balance uptime, subscriber data, and content rights. We harden infrastructure and identity, protect viewer data under privacy law, and keep services available.

Live operations cannot fail at showtime, often in temporary venues. We provide resilient connectivity, secure ticketing and payments, and fast support on the ground.

Why studios and shops choose us

Wired for content security and the clock

Security-led

A cybersecurity-first MSP, so the controls studios assess are already in place.

Built for the pipeline

We understand render, storage, and MAM, and we keep them fast as well as secure.

Coast to coast and on-set

Engineers across Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and New York City; monitoring 24/7.

How it works

From first assessment to final delivery

STEP 1

Assessment

We review your environment against studio and TPN expectations and show you the gaps.

STEP 2

Plan

A prioritized roadmap, with the content-security and deadline-critical items first.

STEP 3

Onboarding

We deploy support, security, storage, and backup, documenting everything for assessors.

STEP 4

Ongoing

Rapid-response support, 24/7 security, and help staying assessment-ready year round.

FAQ

Questions productions ask us

Yes. We build and document the controls a TPN assessment evaluates and help you prepare, then keep you assessment-ready between reviews. The assessment and shield are issued by TPN; we get you in shape to earn them.

Yes. We support production-grade storage, render infrastructure, and media asset management on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and tune for the throughput creative workflows need.

Fast, and with people who can come on-set. We monitor 24/7, prioritize anything blocking a delivery, and put our response targets in your service agreement.

Yes. Our co-managed model adds security, monitoring, and coverage to your team, or we can run IT end to end.

We are headquartered in Glendale with offices across California and in New York City, serving media companies on both coasts, with on-set and on-site support when needed.

Get started

Lock down your content and keep production moving

Tell us about your projects, your pipeline, and the studios you work with, and we will show you where your content security and IT stand, and what to fix first.

Phone +1 (855) 933-6638  ·  Email ask@cyberduo.com