Surety, Inc and Security Automation Join to offer Digital Notary® Service in SCORPIAN
Sterling, VA, and Cleveland, OH -- May 14, 2000: Surety, Inc. and Security Automation Incorporated announced today the availability of Surety\'s Digital Notary™ Service for users of Security Automation\'s SCORPIAN (Secure CORPorate Investigations Automation), a software application that provides an organization with the ability to efficiently document, respond to, and investigate corporate incidents.
SCORPIAN, currently in use by the Federal Aviation Administration, HSBC and National City Bank, focuses on high-tech incident response and investigations process management.
Surety\'s patented Digital Notary Service now offers SCORPIAN users the ability to digitally notarize and timestamp electronic evidence for preservation purposes, proving that notarized data has not been tampered with or modified, a critical factor for admitting evidence in a legal setting.
\"In a world where digital data often provides the only audit trail for security intrusions, Security Automation\'s SCORPIAN product performs an invaluable service. Monitoring and investigating breaches of security is an everyday activity for large corporations. The addition of Digital Notary\'s capabilities to SCORPIAN assures evidence is not tampered with and is admissible in a court of law,\" said Jay Wettlaufer, President and CEO of Surety, Inc.
Electronic Evidence Preservation Critical
With the number of high-tech security breaches increasing, the ability for an organization to quickly investigate these emergencies-while at the same time preserving all confiscated electronic evidence--becomes critical. SCORPIAN features corporate emergency response measures, automated email investigation and alphanumeric paging capabilities, high-tech investigation automation features, and computer forensics to locate electronic evidence. In addition to these safeguards, digitally notarizing data, guarantees the admissibility of all electronic evidence in a court of law.
Digital Notary Service notarizes digital content by creating a small digital fingerprint of the target data, which is then sent to Surety to be registered and notarized. A unique Digital Notary Record is then sent back and stored by Security Automation for later use in validating the notarization. SCORPIAN users digitally notarizing their data can be assured their electronic evidence is protected because a digital fingerprint is a one-way identifier. No part of the original data record or file can be reconstructed from its fingerprint. Also, by sending only the fingerprint, proprietary or sensitive data never leaves the customer premises.
\"Whether organizations are pro-active in the area of IT and physical security or not, incidents will occur. In today\'s automated business environments, the majority of corporate incidents that do occur will undoubtedly involve some type of technology. And where technology is involved, digital evidence exists. The many automated incident response and investigation features of SCORPIAN will help organizations ensure that they respond to and investigate incidents in an effective and efficient manner. The integration of Surety\'s Digital Notary technology into SCORPIAN will help guarantee the admissibility of digital evidence that is confiscated during these investigations,\" said Mike Daugstrup, President, Security Automation Incorporated.
About Security Automation
Security Automation Incorporated, founded in June 1999, specializes in the development of software automation tools for corporate departments that are charged with the responsibility of protecting organizational assets. Security Automation products securely automate the daily business processes of corporate security and corporate information security groups while placing an emphasis on the protection of informational and technological assets and the preservation of electronic evidence. The primary development platform used by Security Automation is Lotus Notes/Domino. Further information about the company and its services can be found at http://www.securityautomation.com.
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2001