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The first in a series of BSI Spotlight videos covers "Quality News and Journalism". As political stakes rise, responsible media can be the proper context that can lift your brand above the often overwhelming noise.
Learn moreBSI has developed a multipart e-learning Bootcamp tailored to equip media professionals with essential skills for effective brand safety management in today's evolving digital landscape.
Get certifiedLearn how to navigate brand safety and suitability on digital platforms. Marketers will get expert insight on platform safety, campaign settings and measurement, what brand safety isn't, and more.
Get the guideThe Brand Safety Institute is the advertising industry's community of practice for brand and people safety. We help our membership and communities to stay informed, manage risk, and act responsibly through:
Ensuring professional competency in understanding and executing brand safe policies and practices
Monitoring, documenting, and interrogating the evolving landscape of brand safety, brand suitability, and marketing responsibility
Connecting and empowering brand safety professionals to widen their perspectives and informing their decision-making through engagement with peers and experts
Sharing industry best practices and advocating for standards, ethical behavior, and consumer respect
There are certified brand safety practitioners at the world’s largest advertising agency holding companies, global 500 brands, and major technology platforms.
As the challenges to brand safety continue to arise, certified brand safety professionals and companies raise industry competency and secure our media channels in the age of digital and "live" content. Certified professionals signal to the industry that they are operating at the highest possible levels in brand safety effectiveness and reputational risk management. Our certifications are designed to elucidate brand safety issues, solutions/partners, and help you/your company act responsibly.
A Brand Safety Officer certification demonstrates to companies and peers that you are a qualified practitioner, and thought-leader, in the field of brand safety
Brand Safety Business Partner certification is for non-experts to build their knowledge of the digital advertising supply chain and the issues
The Brand Safe Workforce certification provides the training and certification for individual Brand Safety Officers and Brand Safety Business Partners as well as corporate certification recognizing a commitment to brand safety.
Brand safety, brand suitability, and marketing responsibility are becoming more complex and nuanced by the day. Expert practitioners and policy leaders across the digital advertising supply chain are shaping the discussion around managing reputational risk. Become a part of the BSI community of practice that sees brand safety as fundamental to a healthy and sustainable digital advertising ecosystem, stays current on the issues, pushes for progress, and believes shared success is a win for everyone.
Organized around a specific topic area in brand safety and suitability practice, BSI's Knowledge Centers give you the information you need to develop and execute your brand safety strategy.
Interviews with thought-leaders in the brand safety and suitability space.
BSI’s Brand Safety Officer-in-Residence helps to amplify the voice, contributions and importance of a well-trained and resourced Brand Safety Officer.
Marketers, publishers, agencies, platforms, and ad tech solution providers all bring different perspectives on brand safety and how they can contribute to a healthier ecosystem. BSI communities bring together these diverse perspectives to enable the industry to move forward by working together to achieve shared goals. Sharing insights and experiences across the supply chain empowers members of our communities to elevate their brand safety practices and create cross-industry understanding.
Keeps marketing professionals aware of new and ongoing brand, media, and public safety issues that can undermine advertising effectiveness and the positive potential of online content.
Advertising and media executives from publishing companies to explore and elevate publishers’ perspectives, value, and role in brand safety and suitability issues
Managing reputational risk is always harder when you have blind spots. The Brand Safety Institute continuously surveys the landscape for market intelligence and perspective to consider as you build your Brand Safety Plan and execute it. We are here to help you keep a pulse on what is trending and how your colleagues across the ecosystem are approaching the various challenges to brand safety, brand suitability, and marketing responsibility. We collate important industry news around brand safety, create topical sections, and feature key stories on our BSI blog to help you stay informed.
Accelerate brand safety practice in your workplace, and the wider industry, by sharing the mission of the Brand Safety Institute with a colleague.
AI is a huge focal point for all businesses as each tries to understand what AI capabilities apply to them, or can make meaningful differences in how they go to market and drive competitive advantage.
As such, it is useful to widen the lens and look at how other industries are experiencing and estimating the impact of AI trends on their businesses.
Find AI Industry POVsBSI’s leadership team joined our partners and colleagues in Cannes for a packed week of resrource releases, product launches, pivotal discussions, and exploring the latest trends in brand safety and responsible marketing.
Here are the key highlights and themes from our time at Cannes this year.
Read the full recapUS consumers broadly believe that all news content is appropriate for ads, according to the 2022 US Consumer Brand Safety Survey, conducted by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and Brand Safety Institute (BSI).
88%
say it is important that advertisers ensure their ads are not placed near brand unsafe content88%
would feel more positive about companies that required partners to be independently certified for brand safety69%
said ad funding for coverage of the Ukraine war outweighed any risk of violent content in that coverageNews and journalism serve a critical role in our societies, and advertisers have a responsibility to help it survive in a world where truth becomes hard to recognize.
In this Knowledge Center, you will find your suitability for news and journalistic forays and your sense of responsibility for the role it plays in your marketing - or operations, if you are a publisher.
Learn MoreWe are at the proverbial “tipping point” for race, ethnicity, and other elements of difference in our country, and around the world. The optics are changing in real, global time.
BSI's new Knowledge Center will expand your perspectives on the importance of DEI for business and be a source for information along your DEI journey.
Learn MoreAround the Industry
Aug 15, 2024
WARC releases programmatic report InPublishing
Aug 15, 2024
The Curtain Falls On GARM — Revealing Industrywide Brand Safety Issues Forrester
Aug 14, 2024
GARM's Shutdown Is an Opportunity to Finally Get Brand Safety Right AdWeek
Aug 14, 2024
Is complete brand safety realistic? Campaign Asia
Aug 13, 2024
Podcast ads generate as much attention as TV ads Podnews
Aug 12, 2024
Brands Love Influencers (Until Politics Get Involved) The New York Times
Aug 6, 2024
LMC’s NewsPassID Ad Network Releases New Solutions to Streamline Local News Advertising Buys NewsPassID
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