Fast Pipelines, Global Delivery, Content Protection — With Evidence
Media runs on speed, fidelity, and rights security.
SolveForce builds and operates studio → post → archive → CDN/OTT pipelines that are Zero-Trust by default, latency-engineered, and auditable—so your crews shoot, editors cut, render farms churn, and audiences stream without friction, while rights and revenue stay protected.
Connective tissue:
🌐 Network/Fabric → /networks-and-data-centers • /connectivity
☁️ Cloud & On-ramps → /cloud • /direct-connect
🌈 Optical/DCI → /wavelength • /lit-fiber • /dark-fiber
🚀 Delivery → /cdn • /waf • /ddos
🔐 Security → /cybersecurity • /ztna • /sase • /nac • /microsegmentation
💾 Continuity → /cloud-backup • /backup-immutability • /draas
🧠 Data/AI → /data-warehouse • /etl-elt • /vector-databases • /bare-metal-gpu
🎯 Outcomes (Why SolveForce for Media)
- Low-latency ingest and edit-ready transfer for rushes/dailies and mezzanine masters.
- Deterministic render/FX pipelines (on-prem + cloud burst) with cost guardrails.
- Global delivery that resists bots/DDoS, protects APIs, and scales for premieres.
- Rights & pre-release protection — encryption, watermarking policies, key custody, and access by least privilege.
- Audit-grade operations — SLO dashboards, immutable logs/backups, and exportable evidence.
🧭 Scope (What We Build & Operate)
- Contribution/ingest — studio, OB/remote, field (LTE/5G/fixed-wireless/satellite) with accelerated IP paths. → /mobile-connectivity • /fixed-wireless • /satellite-internet
- DCI & editorial LAN — wavelength/Lit/Dark rings for NAS/SAN traffic; EVPN/VXLAN leaf/spine cores; jumbo MTUs. → /wavelength • /san
- Render/FX/AI farms — GPU clusters on-prem + cloud burst, NVMe tiers, parallel FS, scheduler & MAM/DAM hooks. → /bare-metal-gpu
- Archive & MAM/DAM — object storage (S3/Blob), lifecycle, content hashing, immutable tiers. → /cloud-backup • /backup-immutability
- OTT/FAST/CDN — origin hardening, tokenized URLs, WAF/Bot, DRM key paths, multi-CDN/Anycast. → /cdn • /waf • /ddos
🧱 Zero-Trust Media Pipeline (Spelled Out)
- Identity & posture — SSO/MFA; device certs; MDM/UEM + EDR for editors, color, VFX, and freelancers; PAM for privileged ops. → /iam • /mdm • /mdr-xdr • /pam
- Per-app access — ZTNA for MAM/DAM/NLE/shot-tracking; vendors & freelancers get scoped, time-boxed access. → /ztna
- Segmentation — microseg enclaves for pre-release content, keys, and screeners; studio/office/guest split. → /microsegmentation
- Encrypted transport — IPsec/MACsec/L1 across sites; TLS/mTLS to services; intact PMTUD/ICMPv6. → /encryption
- Keys & secrets — CMK/HSM custody (KMIP), key rotation, vault-managed DRM/signing creds. → /key-management • /secrets-management
🧩 Reference Architectures (Pick Your Fit)
A) Studio ↔ Post (Metro DCI)
- Dual wavelength/Lit links, jumbo MTU, MACsec/L1 crypto; NAS/SAN replication; ZTNA for remote editors; accelerated transfer to cloud on-ramps.
→ /wavelength • /direct-connect • /ztna
B) Remote/Field Ingest
- Bonded LTE/5G + fixed wireless or satellite; IPsec to hub; edge cache; verified checksums; automated ingest into MAM with metadata.
→ /mobile-connectivity • /satellite-internet
C) Render/FX & AI Burst
- On-prem GPU farm + cloud burst via on-ramps; scheduler policy (preemption, spot/RI mix); NVMe scratch + parallel FS; cost/SLO boards.
→ /bare-metal-gpu • /direct-connect • /finops
D) OTT/FAST Launch
- Multi-CDN with Anycast; WAF/Bot + DRM tokenization; origin shield; API quotas; real-time SLOs and bot/card-testing defense.
→ /cdn • /waf • /ddos
E) Secure Screener & Press Room
- Short-lived links, forensic watermarking, ZTNA per user; object storage with legal holds; SIEM evidence.
📐 SLO Guardrails (Targets You Can Measure)
| KPI / Service (p95 unless noted) | Target (Recommended) |
|---|---|
| Dailies ingest (studio→post, 1 TB) | ≤ 15–45 min over metro DCI |
| NLE bins open (LAN) | ≤ 1–2 s |
| Render queue wait (median) | ≤ 5–15 min (policy dependent) |
| Origin→CDN first byte | ≤ 50–150 ms in-region |
| Play start (OTT) | ≤ 2–4 s |
| Site WAN availability (dual paths) | ≥ 99.95% |
| ZTNA attach (user→app) | ≤ 1–3 s |
| Evidence completeness (Sev-1/2) | = 100% (logs/approvals/artifacts) |
SLO breaches auto-open tickets and trigger SOAR (reroute, scale, rollback, revoke). → /siem-soar
🔒 Content Protection & Compliance
- DRM & keys — HSM custody, just-in-time tokens, key rotation; segregate packaging/origin roles. → /key-management
- Watermarking — forensic/session-based for screeners and premium events.
- Pre-release controls — microseg enclaves, ZTNA, signed links, DLP on egress paths. → /dlp
- Standards — MPAA/TPN best practices, SOC 2 / ISO 27001, GDPR/CCPA for user data, PCI for commerce.
- Boundary — WAF/Bot for scraping, credential stuffing, and API abuse; DDoS stance with Anycast withdraw. → /waf • /ddos
📊 Observability & Evidence
- Pipelines — ingest throughput, checksum pass, render queue, transfer retries.
- Delivery — origin/edge SLOs, cache hit, bot mitigations, API latencies.
- Security — ZTNA/NAC decisions, PAM elevations, DRM/Key events, DLP hits; immutable logs & backups.
Streams to SIEM; SOAR automates contain/rollback/report. → /siem-soar
💾 Continuity & IR
- Immutable archives (Object-Lock, MFA Delete, air-gap accounts); clean-point catalog; DRaaS runbooks for MAM, storage, and render schedulers.
→ /backup-immutability • /cloud-backup • /draas
🛠️ Implementation Blueprint (No-Surprise Rollout)
1) Protect surface — dailies/mezzanines/masters, MAM/DAM, render farm, OTT origin, APIs.
2) Identity & posture — SSO/MFA; device certs; MDM/UEM + EDR; PAM for elevated tooling. → /iam • /mdm • /mdr-xdr • /pam
3) DCI & LAN — wavelength/Lit/Dark with jumbo MTU; EVPN/VXLAN fabric; SAN/NVMe tiers. → /wavelength • /san
4) Per-app access — ZTNA for editors/vendors; retire flat VPNs; SASE for web/SaaS. → /ztna • /sase
5) Delivery front door — CDN + WAF/Bot + DDoS; DRM tokenization; API quotas; observability. → /cdn • /waf
6) Data & AI — ETL/ELT → lake/warehouse; vector search with citations; privacy overlays. → /etl-elt • /data-warehouse • /vector-databases
7) Continuity — immutable backups; DR tiers; quarterly drills with artifacts. → /backup-immutability • /draas
8) Evidence — SIEM dashboards; SOAR playbooks; monthly compliance health. → /siem-soar
✅ Pre-Engagement Checklist
- 🎥 Workstreams: ingest, edit, color, VFX, render, MAM/DAM, OTT/origin, portals/APIs.
- 🔐 Identity (SSO/MFA), device posture (MDM/UEM + EDR), PAM for vendors.
- 🧭 Network map (LAN/DCI/SD-WAN/on-ramps), jumbo MTU needs, diversity letters.
- 💾 Storage tiers (SAN/NAS/NVMe/object), archive/retention, Object-Lock scope.
- ☁️ Cloud burst targets; CDN/WAF/DRM plan; multi-CDN policy.
- 🧮 Data flows (ETL/ELT), warehouse, vector search; privacy labels.
- 📊 SIEM/SOAR destinations; SLO targets; audit/report cadence.
🔄 Where Media Fits (Recursive View)
1) Grammar — content rides /connectivity & /networks-and-data-centers.
2) Syntax — composed via /cloud, optical DCI, and secure edges/CDNs.
3) Semantics — /cybersecurity preserves truth; keys/logs/backups prove control.
4) Pragmatics — /solveforce-ai predicts load/premieres and tunes routes & capacity.
5) Foundation — coherent terms via /primacy-of-language.
6) Map — indexed in the /solveforce-codex & /knowledge-hub.