CYBERSECURITY FOR ROOMS WHERE UNRELEASED MUSIC LIVES
CYBERSECURITY FOR ROOMS WHERE UNRELEASED MUSIC LIVES
Intellectual Property Doesn’t Just Live on Tape Anymore.
Intellectual Property Doesn’t Just Live on Tape Anymore.
Protecting unreleased recordings, securing endpoints, and system hardening to build a secure foundation for recording studios and independent labels. Studio cybersecurity is protection for production.
Protecting unreleased recordings, securing endpoints, and system hardening to build a secure foundation for recording studios and independent labels. Studio cybersecurity is protection for production.
Pre-master leaks
Ransomware lockouts
Label security audits
SECURE THE ROOM WITHOUT CHANGING THE ROOM
The tracking room stays creative. The security architecture runs quietly in the background.
SECURE THE ROOM WITHOUT CHANGING THE ROOM
The tracking room stays creative. The security architecture runs quietly in the background.
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Session continuity when cloud and NAS storages are breached
Session continuity when cloud and NAS storages are breached
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02
Implemented frameworks and defined policies for label audits
Implemented frameworks and defined policies for label audits
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Baselines for engineers, guests, artists, and remote collaborators.
Baselines for engineers, guests, artists, and remote collaborators.
THE THREAT MODEL
The Core Problem Matrix
The Core Problem Matrix
The main vectors of risk inside a modern studio directly threaten release schedules, billable sessions, and your ability to remain trusted by labels.
The main vectors of risk inside a modern studio directly threaten release schedules, billable sessions, and your ability to remain trusted by labels.
Leak Vulnerability
Leak Vulnerability
Exploitation of unreleased audio, phishing, compromised cloud drives, and unencrypted backups are actively weaponized to leak pre-master files, destroying release schedules and costing labels millions.
Exploitation of unreleased audio, phishing, compromised cloud drives, and unencrypted backups are actively weaponized to leak pre-master files, destroying release schedules and costing labels millions.
Operational Ransom
Operational Ransom
Session interrupting ransomware targeting cloud infrastructure or DAWs can instantly halt a tracking session, leading to studio downtime and lost billable hours.
Session interrupting ransomware targeting cloud infrastructure or DAWs can instantly halt a tracking session, leading to studio downtime and lost billable hours.
Regulatory Liability
Regulatory Liability
Non-compliant studio's consisting of high-value digital property requires strict adherence to national security frameworks. We implement these frameworks and foundational baselines to ensure full compliance during label audits.
Non-compliant studio's consisting of high-value digital property requires strict adherence to national security frameworks. We implement these frameworks and foundational baselines to ensure full compliance during label audits.
THE SOUNDLOCK FRAMEWORK
The Soundlock Hardening Blueprint
The Soundlock Hardening Blueprint
A Risk Management Framework for commercial studio's that need to prove they can protect high-value intellectual property without disrupting production.
A Risk Management Framework for commercial studio's that need to prove they can protect high-value intellectual property without disrupting production.
01 Identity & Access Isolation
01 Identity & Access Isolation
We eliminate credential sharing and weak access points. Network infrastructure, administrative profiles, and label assets are consolidated within an a secure access layer backed by enforced Multi-Factor Authentication.
We eliminate credential sharing and weak access points. Network infrastructure, administrative profiles, and label assets are consolidated within an a secure access layer backed by enforced Multi-Factor Authentication.
02 Centralized Endpoint Hardening
02 Centralized Endpoint Hardening
Tracking, mixing, and mastering devices are enrolled into our secure management system. We strictly enforce disk encryption, silent patch deployment, and incident response for lost or compromised hardware.
Tracking, mixing, and mastering devices are enrolled into our secure management system. We strictly enforce disk encryption, silent patch deployment, and incident response for lost or compromised hardware.
03 Information Governance & DLP
03 Information Governance & DLP
We transition storage workflows into governed cloud repositories managed by strict Data Loss Prevention policies. Policies enforce link expirations, reduce public exposure, and restrict unvetted external file exposure.
04 Label-Ready Assurance
04 Label-Ready Assurance
Our framework reinforces governance standards expected by major label business and legal teams with evidence produced without interrupting live sessions.
Our framework reinforces governance standards expected by major label business and legal teams with evidence produced without interrupting live sessions.
THE STUDIO VAULT MODEL
Four protected zones. One quiet defensive system.
Four protected zones. One quiet defensive system.
Soundlock maps the facility the way engineers experience it. A working ecosystem of rooms, devices, storage, and label delivery.
Soundlock maps the facility the way engineers experience it. A working ecosystem of rooms, devices, storage, and label delivery.
Tracking Rooms
Hardened endpoint policies on tracking laptops keep guest entourages from compromising active sessions.
Storage Vault
Cloud governance and DLP constraints protect active sessions from attacks.
Identity Gate
Access controls protect file-sharing, workspaces, remote engineers, and collaborators from weak passwords.
Label Delivery
Audit-ready documentation and delivery workflows help prove the facility is safe for major-label sessions.
THE STRATEGIC APPROACH
The Security Architecture stays invisible.
The Security Architecture stays invisible.
Soundlock manages operational security, delivering controls, lifecycle support, and governance without interrupting live studio sessions.
Soundlock manages operational security, delivering controls, lifecycle support, and governance without interrupting live studio sessions.
BEHIND THE LOCK
Enterprise security adapted to the rhythm of recording studios.
Enterprise security adapted to the rhythm of recording studios.
Soundlock bridges the gap between Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks and the reality of music production. Our execution is built from foundational Risk Management processes, then translated into studio native controls that protect unreleased intellectual property to ensure high predictability and resilience against breaches.
Soundlock bridges the gap between Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks and the reality of music production. Our execution is built from foundational Risk Management processes, then translated into studio native controls that protect unreleased intellectual property to ensure high predictability and resilience against breaches.
GRC + RMF discipline
Continuous monitoring standards and risk prioritization
Studio Network Security
Controls designed around session flow, collaborators, storage, and delivery deadlines.
Confidential by default
Confidential by default
Vulnerable studio assets are treated as safeguarded artifacts.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Built by people who understand both Cybersecurity and creative rooms.
Built by people who understand both Cybersecurity and creative rooms.
Soundlock exists at the intersection of risk management and the late-night reality of music production built for owners who need trust before they share what is under the hood.
Soundlock exists at the intersection of risk management and the late-night reality of music production built for owners who need trust before they share what is under the hood.
Amante Evans
Amante Evans
Co-Founder & CEO
A cybersecurity professional specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance and enterprise security frameworks. Equal parts information security manager and active musician, Amante built Soundlock to bridge cybersecurity best practices with the unique needs of creative spaces and recording studios without disrupting momentum.
A cybersecurity professional specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance and enterprise security frameworks. Equal parts information security manager and active musician, Amante built Soundlock to bridge cybersecurity best practices with the unique needs of creative spaces and recording studios without disrupting momentum.
GRC
RMF
Cole Whaley
Cole Whaley
Co-Founder & CTO
A technical implementation leader focused on complex integration, execution solution, and hardening modern security infrastructures that ensures environmental safety. Cole’s work centers on network configuration and supporting business/client relationships with clarity.
A technical implementation leader focused on complex integration, execution solution, and hardening modern security infrastructures that ensures environmental safety. Cole’s work centers on network configuration and supporting business/client relationships with clarity.
Architecture
Hardening
FOR OWNERS, PARTNERS, AND CHIEF ENGINEERS
Lock Down Your Studio’s Digital Vault.
Lock Down Your Studio’s Digital Vault.
Schedule a brief discovery call. We will review your current security practices, device boundaries, and processes to map out an immediate remediation path.
Schedule a brief discovery call. We will review your current security practices, device boundaries, and processes to map out an immediate remediation path.
Book Your Security Evaluation
Book Your Security Evaluation