Securing the Season: How Synamedia CDN Keeps Your Holidays Safe & Streaming Smoothly

As the holiday season approaches, families gather, lights sparkle, and audiences everywhere settle in for festive movies, year-end sports, and bingeworthy shows.  So that everyone can relax and enjoy a well-earned festive period, we are working tirelessly to ensure the complex digital ecosystem, maintains a seamless viewing experience, delivering content quickly, reliably—and most importantly—securely. 

At Synamedia, we understand that the holidays don’t just bring joy—they also bring increased traffic, heightened cyber threats, and the critical need for uninterrupted streaming.  That’s why security isn’t an ornament we hang at the end of development. It’s the foundation upon which our CDN solution is built. 

Security: A Core Principle, Not a Seasonal Add-on 

While the world winds down for the holidays, cyber threats often ramp up. Our commitment to security remains steady year-round thanks to a Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDL) rooted in industry best practices including OWASP and NIST. From concept to code to deployment, security is baked into every decision, ensuring that your viewers get the flawless experiences they expect—without compromise. 

Our SSDL Process: Checking the List (More Than Twice) 

Just like holiday preparations, we thrive on thoroughness. Our process includes: 

🎁 Threat Modelling & Design Review 

Early-stage analysis helps us identify attack vectors before they ever become vulnerabilities. We validate architecture against stringent security baselines to ensure resilience from day one. 

🎁 Security Requirements & Baselines 

We maintain comprehensive guidelines around secure coding, authentication, encryption, and logging—effectively the recipe book for secure product development. 

🎁 Compliance & Privacy 

With GDPR and other regulations shaping the global landscape, our systems ensure that user data stays protected and privacy is upheld. 

🎁 Open-Source Governance 

The holidays may be a season of giving, but open-source comes with responsibilities. We continuously check licensing and vulnerabilities for every third-party component we use. 

🎁 Testing & Validation 

Like inspecting each bulb on a holiday light strand, we verify every piece of code through: 

• Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

• Penetration Testing

• Continuous Vulnerability Scanning

Pipeline Security & Gating: Only the Best Make it Under the Tree 

Our CI/CD pipeline enforces strict automated security gates using top-tier tools: 

• Static Code Analysis: Coverity 

• Open-Source Scanning: BlackDuck, Trivy 

• Network & Configuration Checks: Nessus scan via Tenable.io 

Just like gifts that don’t pass quality control don’t reach the shelves, releases don’t pass unless all security checks succeed—no exceptions. 

Vulnerability Management: Staying Ahead of Holiday Surprises 

Cyber threats don’t take holidays. That’s why our systems run continuous vulnerability scans, protocol robustness checks, and web application scanning where applicable. This proactive approach ensures no unexpected “stocking stuffers” appear in your infrastructure. 

Open-Source Compliance: Giving Without Risk 

Synamedia’s Open-Source Compliance Process (OSCP) safeguards proper licensing, legal adherence, and operational harmony. It includes: 

• Identifying and resolving licence violations (e.g., GPLv3) 

• Publishing required licences and source code when applicable 

• Leveraging automated tools like BlackDuck for validation 

This process ensures we maintain trust, transparency, and legal clarity while harnessing the innovation of open-source communities. 

Tools of the Trade: Our Sleigh Is Fully Equipped 

• Threat Modelling: stride-gpt 

• Code Scanning: Coverity 

• Open-Source Analysis: BlackDuck, Trivy 

• Network Security: Nessus 

• Penetration Testing: Internal & third-party Nessus-based assessments 

These tools help us deliver best-in-class protection throughout the entire product lifecycle. 

Why It Matters: Peace of Mind for a Peaceful Season 

Whether it’s a holiday blockbuster premiere, a much-anticipated live event, or simply family movie night, audiences expect flawless and safe streaming. By embedding security into every step of development, Synamedia protects your content, your business, and your customers from emerging threats. 

As the year winds down and viewership peaks, we’re proud to ensure that your content delivery is not only fast and reliable—but secure all season long.