Audinate Group Limited, developer of the Dante AV-over-IP solution, announced that Sennheiser, Symetrix and Powersoft have joined as new partners adopting Dante Media Encryption into Dante-enabled products. Per the company, Dante Media Encryption protects the content of Dante media flows between devices using strong AES-256 encryption, safeguarding media from interception or unauthorized access.
According to Audinate, Dante is a complete, easy-to-use AV-over-IP platform with interoperability across more than 4,000 products from over 600 manufacturers, integrating audio, video, control and management features. This interoperability provides customers the unique opportunity to adopt end-to-end encryption between connected products. At the same time, it enables the flexibility to choose products from multiple manufacturers that best fit the needs of each solution, says Audinate.
Per the company, the convergence of AV and IT network technologies has increased the demand for security-conscious designs and adherence to emerging regulations. The unique multilayer security architecture of the Dante Platform provides manufacturers and systems integrators an easy way to configure Dante and their products to meet new regulations.
“We are pleased to partner with Audinate to bring Dante Media Encryption to market,” says Charlie Jones, senior partner relations manager, business communications, Sennheiser. “As an independent third party working with over 600 manufacturers, Audinate is uniquely positioned in the industry to provide a manufacturer-agnostic, interoperable encryption solution that customers desire.”
Benefits of Dante Media Encryption
According to Audinate, users can enable Dante Media Encryption via a firmware update for many existing Dante devices. Additionally, Dante Media Encryption capabilities are fully compatible between updated devices in managed Dante networks.
“Audinate makes it easy to adopt Dante Media Encryption to add valuable customer-focused security features,” adds Quinn Klarer, product manager at Symetrix. “Using Dante, we can provide solutions that quickly meet our fast-evolving customer needs without any updates to existing hardware.”
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Per the company, users can enable Dante Media Encryption through Dante management software, including Dante Director and Dante Domain Manager. This provides secure access controls, network segmentation, policy management, event logging, strong encryption key management and key rotation for enrolled devices.
“Adopting Dante Media Encryption helps Powersoft meet media security standards that we are seeing implemented in locations worldwide,” says Filippo Digiugno, R&D manager of Powersoft. “By integrating Dante as the protocol for media encryption we gain a secure foundation that spans across multiple manufacturers, enabling our customers to build safe, reliable and future-proof systems.”
