Cryptoworks is a
Conditional Access System originally developed by
Philips CryptoTec but now belonging to
Irdeto. It was developed to control access to premium content for subscribers on digital video broadcasts. For examples, it is currently being used with
UPC Direct,
BFBS and
DigiTurk. it is used widely across (mostly) Europe, but is nowadays considered partially-compromized from a security perspective.