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CDSA Announces New Appointments (CDSA)

Chris Johnson Named Worldwide Director of Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs

LOS ANGELES —  In order to provide expanded services to its customers and to address increasingly sophisticated threats to media & entertainment companies worldwide, the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) has announced the appointment of Chris Johnson as its new Worldwide Director of Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs. Along with his appointment, the 45-year old non-profit association has hired new team members to serve its key markets in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

The announcements were made by CDSA’s current Worldwide Director of Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs Peter Wallace who will assume the role of Senior Consultant, Content Protection Services.

Prior to his appointment, Johnson co-authored and project managed the development of the original CDSA Content Protection & Security standard (CPS) and has continued as project lead on the CPS program. A regular speaker at MESA and CDSA conference events in Los Angeles, New York and London, he holds 15 years of content protection experience at managerial level in the television, film and music industries.

“CDSA’s Board of Directors thanks Peter Wallace for his decade-long commitment to serving the security needs of our community, helping us make the transition from providing security services to disc replicators to our current portfolio of services for a wider scope of digital and production service providers,” says CDSA Executive Director Martin Porter.  “Chris’s new appointment forms part of CDSA’s scheduled commitment to meet the changing needs of media content owners and the entire entertainment supply chain.”

To assist in this process, CDSA has also made several new, strategic appointments and will be opening offices in Los Angeles, USA; Sydney, Australia; and Central Europe.

Ryan Jones-Ralph has been appointed the new audit chief for EMEA as well as the Global Program Coordinator.  Jones-Ralph has 20-years of experience in information security and data privacy and has been one of CDSA’s key auditors for over four years.

Geoff Smith has been appointed as the new territory chief for Asia Pacific. Formerly a member of the CDSA EMEA audit team, Smith has additional certifications and technical experience in ethical hacking, network engineering and IT security. Long-time CDSA auditor James Wise will continue to provide CPS and CLV audits within the Asia Pacific region.

Former London-based IT director for Deluxe Media, Phil Winterhalder, has recently been added to the expanded CDSA EMEA audit team. Already an experienced network security auditor, he is currently concluding the CISSP qualification process and holds a wealth of knowledge in digital content delivery and work flows.

Bryan Ellenburg, CDSA’s Senior Consultant for Production and Post Production Editorial Security, will expand his role in the US to further develop the CDSA Production and Post Security Best Practices. Ellenburg, a former Director of Content Security for Paramount Pictures, will assist Johnson to extend CDSA’s content security consultancy services.

For questions or inquiries Chris Johnson can be contacted direct via:Email: [email protected], or by calling 1 213-800-1907 or +44 (0) 7951011080