Manage access to your internal audio

Why the access model matters for internal audio

Internal audio often contains sensitive information. You share strategy, financial context, upcoming launches and honest reflections on what is working and what is not. This is exactly the kind of content you do not want drifting outside your company.

One shared feed makes changes awkward: turn it off for someone who leaves, and everyone else loses that link too.

Secure access control for internal audio uses a different model. Instead of one shared feed for everyone, each invited Member gets a private RSS feed. This gives you a way to change one person's access without interrupting the rest of your team.

For internal communication and HR teams, that means simpler invitations, relevant content for each group and a clear way to remove access when someone leaves.

How per-Member private feeds work in Brandscast

Brandscast is built around a simple idea. Each Member gets a single, unique and private feed for the internal audio assigned to them. The feed is generated for that member record inside your workspace.

When you invite someone to Brandscast, the platform creates this unique private feed. They subscribe in a compatible app such as Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, AntennaPod or Podcast Addict. The app then refreshes the feed on its own schedule.

Each feed link works like a password. Keep it private: anyone who receives it may be able to listen until you turn it off or replace it with a new link.

You can change a Member's assigned Tracks as their role evolves, without asking the whole company to subscribe again.

What happens when you remove access

Secure access control is not just about how you grant access. It is also about how you remove it. In Brandscast, access revocation is built into the way private feeds work.

When you remove a Member from a Track or from your Brandscast workspace, future requests through their unique private feed stop returning the protected content. The feed is no longer a valid path for retrieving it from Brandscast.

Practically, this means:

New episodes from the removed Track no longer appear.
Future requests cannot retrieve the protected audio through that feed.
Files already downloaded to a device may remain there.

Remove one Member without changing anyone else's feed. Include downloaded audio in your usual offboarding process, just as you would other files saved to a device.

This behaviour is key to secure access control for internal audio. It lets People, Security and IT teams align on a simple rule. If someone should no longer receive content, you remove them in Brandscast and their feed no longer grants future access.

Easier access management for IT, HR and communication teams

Keep your internal audio organised through new hires, team moves and departures.

For security and IT teams

Review who is assigned each Track and revoke individual feeds when needed. A change for one Member does not require a new link for everyone else.

For HR and people teams

You can integrate Brandscast into your onboarding and offboarding checklists. When someone joins, they receive a private feed. When they leave, you can stop that feed from fetching more content.

For internal communication teams

Send each audience the updates that matter to them. Create separate Tracks for departments, languages or managers and assign them to the relevant Members.

How Brandscast implements secure access control for internal audio

Brandscast is designed from day one as a platform for private, internal audio. Secure access control is not an extra feature. It is how the product works at its core.

In practice, this means that Brandscast:

Generates a unique private feed per Member instead of sharing one generic feed for everyone.
Links each feed to specific permissions for internal audio, so the generated feed reflects the content assigned to that member.
Revokes future feed accesswhen you remove that Member's access from your workspace or from particular audio.
Centralises access management so you can review Members and adjust Track permissions in one place.
Combines with listening analytics without publishing the feed in a public podcast directory.

For you, this looks like a clean dashboard where you manage employees, internal audio and access levels without needing to understand technical details.

How to set up secure access control for internal audio in four steps

Choose your audiences, create their Tracks and invite your team. You can adjust permissions as your organisation changes.

Define who should have access to internal audio

Start by identifying the groups that should receive internal audio. For example, all employees, managers only or specific teams. This gives you a simple structure for permissions before you invite anyone.

Create your internal audio in Brandscast

Set up the internal audio you need, such as leadership updates, product news or onboarding content. Give each one a clear name and description so people know what to expect.

Invite employees and assign access

Invite a first group of employees into Brandscast. The platform creates a unique private feed for each of them. Assign them access to the internal audio that is relevant to their role.

Integrate revocation into your offboarding process

Add Brandscast to your standard offboarding checklist. When someone leaves the company, you remove them from your Brandscast workspace or revoke their access to specific audio. Their feed will stop fetching the content they no longer have access to.

Frequently asked questions about private RSS access for internal audio

What exactly is a unique private feed per Member

Each Member gets one personal feed containing all their assigned Tracks. They subscribe once in a compatible podcast app, and you manage which Tracks they receive in Brandscast.

What happens to the feed when we remove someone’s access

Their feed can no longer fetch the audio you removed access to. Removing a Member from Brandscast turns off their whole feed. Neither action erases files already downloaded to a device.

Can employees share their private feed with others

The link can be forwarded, but it should stay private, like a password. Anyone with it may be able to listen. If it is shared, you can turn off that Member's feed without affecting anyone else's.

How does this help with compliance and internal policies

You can assign Tracks by team or role and make removing access part of your leaving process. Check that private links and downloadable audio fit your company's rules for the content you plan to share.

Share internal audio with the right people