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Digital Distancing: Maintaining Cyber Security and Safety in the COVID-19 World
What productions need to know about digital safety as workers transition to remote, cloud-based systems
August 6, 2020
Join Entertainment Partners' Chief Information Security Officer Martin Mazor and guests Eric Iverson, former CIO at CAA and Sony Pictures Television, and Spencer Stephans, former CTO at Sony, for a discussion of cyber security for productions returning during COVID-19, including moving to cloud-enabled pre- and post- tools, remote worker security, and operating rules with “digital distancing” including incorporating existing and new legislative, privacy and local requirements while building operating models for productions. (Runtime: 1 hr, 28 mins)
Topic: Production Technology
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