Global productions require secure tools to protect IP.

For decades, the creative process in film, television, and games was anchored in centralized facilities and tightly controlled networks. Those days are gone. Today, production is global, cloud-based, and collaborative, unlocking extraordinary creative potential while introducing unprecedented security challenges.

The question isn’t whether distributed workflows are here to stay. They are. The question now is how do we protect the integrity of creative IP in a borderless world without slowing down innovation?

Why IP security is now a creative imperative

In the Media & Entertainment industry, intellectual property is the product. Scripts, sequences, characters, and code represent millions in investment and years of work. These assets pass through countless hands before release – artists, contractors, financiers, distributors – and each interaction adds risk.

Cybercriminals know this. Today’s attackers aren’t solo hackers chasing notoriety; they’re organized enterprises motivated by profit. They go after pre-release content, sell credentials, and exploit vulnerabilities in cloud workflows. The stakes are high because a single breach can derail production schedules, devastate revenue, and damage reputations.

Rethinking security for a distributed, AI-driven world

Remote work and global collaboration have transformed production pipelines. Distributed workflows accelerate creativity, but they also expand the attack surface exponentially. Every home router, personal device, and third-party network becomes a potential entry point.

And as AI reshapes the creative process, new risks emerge from inside the workflow itself. Protecting IP is no longer just about keeping attackers out; it’s about ensuring your own tools don’t compromise your content.

Traditional perimeter defenses aren’t enough. We need security that travels with the asset to ensure end-to-end encryption, granular access controls, and compliance are baked into every stage of production. We need systems that protect without slowing down creativity.

That’s why we built Autodesk Flow Capture.

Flow Capture enables secure collaboration across production teams.

Flow Capture offers security by design, creativity by default

Flow Capture is more than a review tool. It’s a purpose-built environment for secure collaboration. Flow Capture works for production and post-production teams, protecting IP without compromising speed or flexibility.

What makes Flow Capture different?

• Studio-grade security that includes end-to-end encryption, MFA, SSO, and forensic watermarking.
• Live review rooms, frame-level annotations, and integrations with tools like Flame and AVID.
• Enterprise-grade safeguards: Continuous audit logs, DRM, and compliance with MovieLabs 2030 Vision, TPN, ISO/IEC 27001, and SOC2.

By consolidating workflows in Flow Capture, studios mitigate risk, complexity, and the need to shuttle files across multiple platforms. These mitigations allow for faster production, stronger security, and peace of mind for every stakeholder.

The Media & Entertainment industry is built on creativity, but creativity requires trust. As our industry embraces distributed workflows and AI-driven innovation, securing IP becomes both a technical challenge and a creative imperative.

At Autodesk, we believe the future of storytelling depends on systems that empower collaboration while safeguarding the ideas that make it possible. Flow Capture was built for that future.

Learn more about how Flow Capture is redefining security for the next era of creativity.