As you move your critical records and documents from paper to electronic format, protecting the integrity of the original version is becoming paramount in today’s storage environments.
Achieved using devices such as multi-function printers and scanners, this can be useful for protecting and archiving legacy data, but it can also “…introduce risk – risk of tampering, manipulation and other forms of data integrity attacks. When integrated into scanners, multi-function printers, and other e-document conversion systems, AbsoluteProof from Surety can help secure this content easily and affordably.
As you take electronic files of any format and convert them to digital format, AbsoluteProof “fingerprints,” brands, and digitally notarizes each one. The integrity and authenticity of the file is locked down and secured – helpful when it comes to going through the process of e-discovery through to trial. This preservation can be used to track the specific treatment or disposition of a file and its status, thereby providing useful chain-of-custody information.
AbsoluteProof from Surety is a keyless, digital time-stamping service that can detect alterations of a single bit of a scanned file or of the time stamp associated with that file, and provides verifiable proof against tampering and modification for proof of chain-of-custody. The chain-of-custody information shows how the specific digital evidence has been handled during the e-discovery process, and with AbsoluteProof, it helps prove that a particular file has not been altered or modified since the time it was sealed. This solves the problem of authenticating digital evidence at trial and enhances data security and reliability throughout litigation.