In contrast to the journalists, comedians, shock jocks and lifestyle gurus who want as many people as possible to listen to their podcasts, you won’t want your business’ internal content to be available to anyone who is interested. However, mainstream podcasting platforms and various intranet systems don’t offer much assurance that your internal communications and confidential employee training content won’t fall into the wrong hands.

When it comes to business communications, it’s essential that you choose a solution that is geared towards privacy and security. If enterprise podcasting is in your future, here are 5 key security attributes you should look for in your private podcasting tool:

User Authentication

For businesses concerned with privacy, it's important for your media app to tie into an approved user directory. You'll need to quickly authenticate users using SSO or other authentication protocols. A sophisticated user authentication function provides the peace of mind that your corporate podcast content will only be accessed by those it is intended for.

Audience Segmentation

It’s not just outsiders who you may want to prevent from accessing your internal corporate podcasts. Not every business conversation is appropriate for your entire workforce and you may want to create podcasts that are only meant for certain segments within your enterprise.

uStudio’s audience segmentation function allows you to restrict podcast content access by location, department, seniority and many other factors. This empowers you to leverage your company's private podcasting for a variety of communications, from company-wide announcements to sensitive memos to other executives.

Flexible Infrastructure 

A secure podcast can be configured to be stored on the cloud of your choice - private or public. Because of the security measures that protect the podcast, your business content will not be vulnerable in the event of a cloud breach. This level of flexibility ensures that your company podcast can fully integrate with the rest of your internal systems without jeopardizing security.

Company-Controlled 

A customizable and secure podcast application gives you complete control over the content and its distribution. You don’t have to worry about third-party applications jeopardizing privacy. With uStudio, you can skip the RSS feed and distribute content securely from a private app that you control.

Offline Secure 

uStudio allows employees to download or access your company's private podcast content on their favorite mobile devices or via bluetooth without sacrificing security. Especially when you are sharing sales enablement or training podcast content, an offline secure feature within your private podcast helps to make fieldwork, travel or commute time more productive for your employees.

uStudio offers the only enterprise podcasting solution with a multi-tier security model that offers configuration options at the app, player, and stream levels. Without any security measures at the stream level, any user who can access the podcast content can download, redistribute, or share the content, even if the page and player are secure.

Secure podcasts can be used for all kinds of different internal communications within your business. Tutorials and trainings, company announcements, product updates, and sales strategy guidance are just a few of the many use cases for private podcasts within the enterprise. If you’re wondering whether secure podcasts are right for your organization, you can request a free product demo of uStudio’s private podcasting solution on our website here.