Business Compass LLC - CloudFront Signed Cookie Implementation

Unauthorized access to streaming media causes revenue leakage and inflated delivery costs. Business Compass LLC delivers a professional services engagement that implements Amazon CloudFront signed cookies to restrict viewer access to your HLS streaming content - ensuring only authenticated users can consume your media assets.

Business Compass LLC is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and AWS Well-Architected Framework Partner with experience across Financial, Media, Healthcare, Power, and Public Sector industries. Our team holds 50+ AWS certifications including AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Developer Professional, Network Specialty, and ML Specialty. We hold multiple AWS Service Delivery competencies including Lambda, API Gateway, AWS Transfer Family, AWS Glue, QuickSight, Graviton, DynamoDB, and OpenSearch. We have experience working with HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST 800, and SOC 2 compliance frameworks.

• CloudFront distribution configuration with signed cookie policies for content protection
• Signed cookie generation logic integrated with your web application's authentication layer
• HLS streaming workflow using Amazon Elastic Transcoder for playlist and media segment generation
• Cookie validation architecture that checks cookie attributes before granting access to restricted streams
• Implementation documentation and knowledge transfer to your team

When media content is in HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) format, Amazon Elastic Transcoder generates the playlist and media segments. Your web application authenticates each user and sends a Set-Cookie header to the user's device. When a user requests a restricted object, the browser forwards the signed cookie in the request, and CloudFront checks the cookie attributes to determine whether to allow or restrict access to the HLS stream.

1. Discovery - We assess your current media architecture, authentication system, and content delivery requirements
2. Architecture Design - We design the signed cookie implementation including CloudFront distribution configuration, key pair management, and cookie policy structure
3. Implementation - We configure CloudFront, implement cookie-signing logic, and integrate with your existing authentication workflow
4. Testing and Validation - We verify that only authenticated users can access protected streams and that unauthorized requests are properly denied
5. Handoff - We deliver documentation, conduct knowledge transfer, and ensure your team can maintain the solution

A subscription-based video-on-demand platform serving HLS content needs to ensure that only paying subscribers can access premium streams. Without signed cookies, direct URLs to media segments could be shared or scraped, resulting in unauthorized viewing and bandwidth costs. This engagement implements cookie-based access control so that each viewer session is validated through CloudFront before any media segment is delivered.

• Active AWS account with CloudFront access
• Existing or planned HLS media content
• Web application with user authentication capability
• AWS account access provided to our team during implementation

This engagement covers signed cookie implementation for CloudFront-delivered HLS content. DRM integration, multi-CDN configurations, and custom video player development are outside the standard scope.

Schedule a discovery call to discuss your content protection requirements at businesscompassllc.com/schedule-appointment.