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 smart card designs. NDS is the only vendor in the pay TV market that has always designed its own smart card security platforms. This ensures the tightest integration between the hardware and software elements, which results in the most secure implementation possible.
  • 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 customised 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 maximising 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.