The satellite market is characterised by the strong risk of developing in a parasitic and opportunist market fed by the pirating of content. Pirating of content is implemented by "card sharing", a technique that consists of adapting the reception device of the decoder for stealing and distributing the DVB coding keys.

The encryption solutions designed around twenty years ago were not planned for the advanced internet standards of today. What was before just a residual threat that didn’t touch the economy of a SAT operator has become a major threat since the advent of the Internet.

The patented software technology of Certex®, developed by ENIGMA SYSTEMS, enables the efficient arrest of the development of the unfair competition of the illegal economy.