1. A system for securely handling control information, comprising: an ASIC comprising a content processing block and a control processing block, the content processing block being coupled to the control processing block, wherein content received by the ASIC is associated with the control information received by the ASIC, wherein the control processing block is adapted to validate the control information received by the ASIC, and wherein the content processing block is adapted to process the content received by the ASIC in accordance with the validated control information.