InCyan elevated BPI's compliance monitoring, achieving over 99.9% availability coverage.
To elevate its compliance monitoring, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) partnered with InCyan to deploy the BlockWatch platform. This innovation expanded block availability monitoring to over 99.9% and virtually eliminated false positives, delivering unprecedented strategic clarity. The BPI is a cornerstone of the UK music industry, requiring highly accurate, audit-ready data to protect the value of its members' creative assets.
Strategic and Technical Challenges
Driven by a commitment to operational excellence, BPI sought to innovate beyond legacy monitoring methods.
- Validation Accuracy: Achieving greater accuracy and eliminating the inefficiencies of manual validations.
- Trend Analysis: Expanding historical data retention to uncover actionable, long-term industry trends.
The InCyan Execution
InCyan deployed BlockWatch to monitor real ISP networks directly, testing every blocking protocol and route against each ISP so BPI has complete evidence to bring to connectivity providers. The system utilised an innovative control connection comparison methodology, distinguishing genuine network blocks from standard site outages, built and operated by engineers with deep expertise in internet protocols.
Results & Impact
The BlockWatch platform delivered unprecedented strategic clarity and operational efficiency for the BPI.
- Availability: Elevated block availability monitoring from ~80% to 99.9%+.
- Accuracy: Improved precision by reducing false positives by ~90–100%.
- Faster Detection: Frequent, automated monitoring cuts the time to identify non-compliance, minimising the window in which a block goes unenforced.
- Data Retention: Expanded historical data storage from under 3 months to 12+ months for comprehensive year-over-year analysis.
- Efficiency: Replaces manual and hybrid monitoring with a fully automated workflow, eliminating the need for routine human intervention.
