Seal Microsoft Outlook

The Surety AbsoluteProof® trusted timestamp service connects seamlessly into Microsoft Exchange Server® to provide Microsoft Outlook users with long-lasting objective proof of the time and content integrity of their Outlook email, archives and back-ups.

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server is ideal for organizations concerned with defending the authenticity of their Outlook email during today’s increasingly more common court challenges. Businesses have always faced the challenge of handling and safeguarding information but as the proliferation of email continues, ensuring admissibility of these crucial records will become even more important. The Surety timestamp function provides independent proof of the authenticity of Outlook email.

Features & Benefits

1. Seal every email message and attachment in accordance with legal discovery requirements
2. Authenticate Outlook email by the most rigorous standard that may be applied
3. Secures all forms of structured and unstructured Outlook content including emails, attachments, archives and back-ups
4. Seals emails in native form without re-formatting or adding metadata
5. Increase operational efficiency by integrating directly into the Microsoft Exchange Server platform
6. Completely transparent to users

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server integrates directly into the Microsoft Exchange Server platform and seamlessly affixes a tamper-proof timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each Outlook email as it enters the Microsoft Exchange platform, thus providing independent proof that an email has not been altered since being saved.

All email stored in the system are automatically Sealed by AbsoluteProof, ensuring integrity of all emails and eliminating the chance of error by internal users or attempts to work around the secure system.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, an organization using AbsoluteProof Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server has assurance that all Outlook content including emails, attachments, archives and back-ups, has not been tampered with or altered in any way.

The independence of the Surety solution means that the confidential nature of the email Sealed by AbsoluteProof is never compromised as the email never leaves the Microsoft Exchange environment and is never seen by a third party, including those within Surety.

How to Buy

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Surety has partnered with several leading email archive vendors and integrators to offer AbsoluteProof Connectors into the email, archive and backup systems of our enterprise customers. Our AbsoluteProof Email Archive Connectors enable customers to preserve the integrity and authenticity of the most litigious form of electronic documentation in their organization.

AbsoluteProof Connectors can be configured to automatically affix a cryptographic timestamp or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) Seal to every email message and attachment as it enters or exits the system. This seamless content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective, legally defendable proof of the time and content integrity of their structured and unstructured electronic content including emails, attachments, archives and back-ups.

Email Archive Connectors

• Microsoft Exchange

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Seal with Kofax

With Connectors, the Surety AbsoluteProof® trusted timestamp service can be seamlessly accessed in Kofax Ascent Capture Information Capture solution to provide users with long-lasting objective proof of the time and content integrity of their paper documents, forms and e-documents.

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Kofax Ascent Capture is ideal for organizations concerned with defending the authenticity of their documents and data in light of today’s increasing scrutiny of data authenticity in court. Businesses have always taken the challenge of handling and safeguarding information seriously, but as more companies convert paper-based documents to electronic documents, ensuring their admissibility will become even more important. Surety’s AbsoluteProof service provides independent proof of the authenticity of all scanned documents and data.

Features & Benefits

1. Seal every scanned document or image in accordance with legal discovery requirements
2. Authenticate scanned paper records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied
3. Secure all forms of structured and unstructured content including machine-printed text, bar codes, hand-printed words and even checked boxes
4. Seal native documents without adding metadata or interfering with indexing
5. Increase operational efficiency by integrating directly into the Kofax Ascent Capture Information Capture workflow
6. Completely transparent to users

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Kofax Ascent Capture integrates directly into the Kofax Ascent Capture Information Capture solution and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each scanned paper document, form or e-document, thus providing independent proof that they have not been altered since being saved.

All captured documents are automatically and transparently Sealed by AbsoluteProof, ensuring integrity and eliminating the chance of error by internal users or attempts to work around the secure system.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, an organization using The AbsoluteProof Connector for Kofax Ascent Capture has assurance that all scanned content including imaged paper documents, forms, electronic documents, imported emails and attachments have not been tampered with or altered in any way.

The independence of the Surety solution means that confidential documents Sealed by AbsoluteProof are never compromised since only a cryptographic hash of the document leave the Kofax Ascent Capture Information Capture solution during the sealing process. The AbsoluteProof service receives the digital fingerprint which can be used to prove content and time integrity at any point in the future.

How to Buy

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Seal with eCopy

With Connectors, the Surety AbsoluteProof® trusted timestamp service can be seamlessly accessed in eCopy ShareScan OP solution to provide users with long-lasting objective proof of the time and content integrity of their paper-based information.

The AbsoluteProof Connector for eCopy ShareScan OP is ideal for organizations concerned with defending the authenticity of their documents and data in light of today’s increasing scrutiny of data authenticity in court. Businesses have always taken the challenge of handling and safeguarding information seriously, but as more companies convert paper-based documents to electronic documents, ensuring their admissibility will become even more important. Surety’s AbsoluteProof service provides independent proof of the authenticity of all scanned documents and data.

Features & Benefits

1. Seal every scanned document or image in accordance with legal discovery requirements
2. Authenticate scanned paper records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied
3. Secure all forms of paper-based content using your digital copier's paper tray. Scan, Seal and send to the user's desktop, network fax, e-mail, or backend enterprise application
4. Seal native documents without adding metadata or interfering with routing
5. Increase operational efficiency by integrating directly into the eCopy ShareScan OP workflow
6. Completely transparent to users

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for eCopy ShareScan OP integrates directly into the eCopy ShareScan OP solution and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each scanned paper document, form or e-document, thus providing independent proof that they have not been altered since being saved.

All captured documents are automatically and transparently Sealed by AbsoluteProof, ensuring integrity and eliminating the chance of error by internal users or attempts to work around the secure system.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, an organization using The AbsoluteProof Connector for eCopy ShareScan OP has assurance that all scanned content including imaged paper documents, forms, electronic documents, imported emails and attachments have not been tampered with or altered in any way.

The independence of the Surety solution means that confidential documents Sealed by AbsoluteProof are never compromised since only a cryptographic hash of the document leave the eCopy ShareScan OP solution during the sealing process. The AbsoluteProof service receives the digital fingerprint which can be used to prove content and time integrity at any point in the future.

How to Buy

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Seal with OneTouch

With Connectors, the Surety AbsoluteProof® trusted timestamp service can be seamlessly accessed in Visioneer OneTouch solution to provide users with long-lasting objective proof of the time and content integrity of their paper documents, forms and e-documents.

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Visioneer OneTouch is ideal for organizations concerned with defending the authenticity of their documents and data in light of today’s increasing scrutiny of data authenticity in court. Businesses have always taken the challenge of handling and safeguarding information seriously, but as more companies convert paper-based documents to electronic documents, ensuring their admissibility will become even more important. Surety’s AbsoluteProof service provides independent proof of the authenticity of all scanned documents and data.

Features & Benefits

• Seal every scanned document or image in accordance with legal discovery requirements
• Authenticate scanned paper records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied
• Secure all forms of paper-based content using the buttons on your Visioneer or Xerox scanner. With one touch, automatically Scan and Seal your document directly to email, or Word, or your printer, or simply a file folder.
• Seal native documents without adding metadata or interfering with routing
• Increase operational efficiency by integrating directly into Visioneer OneTouch allowing users to Scan and Seal their documents directly into a pre-selected application or workflow by simply pressing one button on a Visioneer or Xerox DocuMate scanner
• Completely transparent to users

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Visioneer OneTouch integrates directly into the Visioneer OneTouch solution and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each scanned paper document, form or e-document, thus providing independent proof that they have not been altered since being saved.

All captured documents are automatically and transparently Sealed by AbsoluteProof, ensuring integrity and eliminating the chance of error by internal users or attempts to work around the secure system.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, an organization using the AbsoluteProof Connector for Visioneer OneTouch has assurance that all scanned content including imaged paper documents, forms, electronic documents, imported emails and attachments have not been tampered with or altered in any way.

The independence of the Surety solution means that confidential documents Sealed by AbsoluteProof are never compromised since only a cryptographic hash of the document leave the Visioneer OneTouch solution during the sealing process. The AbsoluteProof service receives the digital fingerprint which can be used to prove content and time integrity at any point in the future.

How to Buy

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The Power of Proof

As an R&D-driven organization, you depend on the intellectual property of your scientists, inventors, researchers and engineers to drive revenue streams and provide a crucial competitive advantage. As most research, writing, note-taking and collaboration is done in an electronic world, companies have an enormous burden to insure that their valuable data are kept safe from tampering and are saved in a manner to easily prove their intellectual property ownership.

Surety has partnered with leading ELN vendors to build AbsoluteProof Connectors into their ELN applications. Customers can use our Connectors to seamless affix a tamper-proof timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters the application. As a result, the entire attestation process is automated, enabling organizations to focus on rapid innovation rather than worrying about the litigation readiness of their data.

Features & Benefits

1. Eliminate the need and expense of converting native electronic files to images in the event of e-discovery
2. Manage and secure all forms of structured and unstructured content
3. Preserve long-lasting record authentication
4. Prove creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property
5. Comply with recordkeeping and privacy requirements to minimize regulatory risks
6. Validate record integrity independent of the ELN application and IT managers
7. Deter electronic record tampering
8. Authenticate records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connectors for Electronic Lab Notebooks operate inside the workflow of the ELN application and enables customers to seamlessly and cost effectively Seal electronic records so that they may be authenticated throughout their chain of custody.

Customers can decide where in the workflow they wish to Seal and protect electronic IP. A call is automatically made to Surety’s data center where a Seal is affixed, thus enabling ELN customers to prove that their IP is authentic and can withstand any legal or regulatory challenge.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or patent challenge, customers using this content security solution have assurance that the record has not been tampered or altered in any way.

How to Buy

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Surety's AbsoluteProof Connectors integrate directly into the Microsoft Office suite of applications as well as leading electronic lab notebook (ELN) applications. Our AbsoluteProof service irrefutably and objectively proves the integrity of your electronic data, regardless of format, including rich or Word documents, spreadsheets, email, engineering diagrams, LIMS records, design diagrams, device readings, and audit logs.

AbsoluteProof Connectors for Microsoft Office integrate into Word, Excel and PowerPoint, adding an AbsoluteProof toolbar to the applications. With one-click on the AbsoluteProof toolbar, users can affix a tamper-evident timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to their electronic document. This one-click option provides users with long-lasting, legally defendible, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

AbsoluteProof Connectors for ELNs allow researchers to affix our tamper-proof Seal to electronic records, either manually or in a workflow enabled way, to prove the time of creation and the integrity of the records that resides within an ELN.

Document & File Connectors

• Microsoft Office
• Electronic Lab Notebook Connectors

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Surety has partnered with several leading archival vendors and integrators to offer AbsoluteProof Connectors into their long-term archive platforms to enable enterprise customers to authenticate their electronic records.

AbsoluteProof Connectors can be configured to automatically affix a cryptographic timestamp or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) Seal to the electronic records that enter the archive from any ECM application. This seamless content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Archive Connectors

• Hitachi Content Archive Platform

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Surety has partnered with several leading data capture vendors and integrators to offer pre-configured AbsoluteProof software Connectors into their imaging and scanning systems to enable corporate customers to authenticate and legally defend the electronic records from the moment they were created and/or scanned.

The AbsoluteProof service works in the background of imaging/scanning systems and automatically affixes a tamper-evident timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to the document as part of the middleware functionality. This seamless content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their documents from the earliest point in the document’s chain-of-custody.

Data Capture Connectors

• Kofax Ascent Capture



• eCopy ShareScan



• Visioneer OneTouch

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Surety has partnered with several leading ECM platform vendors and integrators to offer AbsoluteProof Connectors into their document and records management systems to enable enterprise customers to authenticate their electronic records.

AbsoluteProof works as part of the workflow in the background of each of the ECM platforms and automatically affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters the system. This seamless content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Electronic Content Management Connectors

• EMC Documentum



• Xerox Docushare



• OpenText Livelink



• FileNet P8



• Microsoft SharePoint

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The Power of Proof

The AbsoluteProof Connector complements the HCAP access protocol and can be configured to automatically and seamlessly affix a cryptographic timestamp or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to native and/or imaged records as they enter HCAP from any electronic record management application. This content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

This simple and seamless step preserves the authenticity and integrity of the electronic records and ensures that they are secure and safe from unauthorized access, tampering, and will not change while they are being stored or transmitted to a third-party for audit and legal discovery requests. With AbsoluteProof, HCAP customers can legally defend their native and/or imaged electronic records to whomever and whenever they must be produced in litigation.

Features & Benefits

• Enables companies to meet their long-term data retention and integrity requirements
• Proves integrity throughout a record’s chain-of-custody, amid workforce turnover, system upgrades and business process changes
• Complements HCAP’s highly reliable file authentication, retention, protection and logging with independent, irrefutable evidential proof that the record is authentic and can be legally defended
• Proves creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property before, during and after the record is stored in HCAP
• Enables authentication of electronic records whenever, wherever and by whomever with the most rigorous time-stamping standard on the market

How it Works

Currently, Surety’s AbsoluteProof Connector complements the HCAP access protocol and can be configured to Seal documents that enter HCAP from any electronic record management application. Surety’s AbsoluteProof service Seals electronic records without actually handling the record and provides independent proof that your electronic records existed at a specific point in time and were never altered or tampered.

How to Buy

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The Power of Proof

The AbsoluteProof Connector works as part of the workflow in the background of the Filenet P8 platform. AbsoluteProof automatically and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters the P8 system. This content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Any P8 customer operating in heavily regulated and litigious industries should consider using the AbsoluteProof service with our P8 Connector today to independently prove the integrity of electronically stored information throughout its chain of custody.

Features & Benefits

1. Eliminate the need and expense of converting native electronic files to images in the event of e-discovery
2. Manage and secure all forms of structured and unstructured content
3. Preserve long-lasting record authentication despite new P8 version upgrades
4. Prove creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property
5. Comply with recordkeeping and privacy requirements to minimize regulatory risks
6. Validate record integrity independent of the P8 platform and IT managers
7. Deter electronic record tampering
8. Authenticate records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Filenet P8 operates inside the P8 workflow and enables customers to seamlessly and cost effectively Seal electronic records so that they may be authenticated throughout their chain of custody.

AbsoluteProof Connector enables P8 customers to decide where in the workflow they wish to Seal and protect electronic records. A call is automatically made to Surety’s data center where a Seal is affixed, thus enabling P8 customers to prove that their records are authentic and can withstand any legal or regulatory challenge.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, customers using this content security solution have assurance that the record has not been tampered or altered in any way.

The AbsoluteProof Connector enables Filenet customers to meet their long-term retention and integrity needs and also irrefutably prove the authenticity of their records in litigation, regardless of technology obsolescence, worker turnover and changing business processes.

How to Buy

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The Power of Proof

The AbsoluteProof Connector works as part of the workflow in the background of the Livelink solution. AbsoluteProof automatically and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters Livelink. This content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Any Livelink customer operating in heavily regulated and litigious industries should consider using the AbsoluteProof service with our Livelink Connector today to independently prove the integrity of electronically stored information throughout its chain of custody.

Features & Benefits

1. Eliminate the need and expense of converting native electronic files to images in the
   event of e-discovery
2. Manage and secure all forms of structured and unstructured content
3. Preserve long-lasting record authentication despite new Livelink version upgrades
4. Prove creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property
5. Comply with recordkeeping and privacy requirements to minimize regulatory risks
6. Validate record integrity independent of the Livelink platform and IT managers
7. Deter electronic record tampering
8. Authenticate records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied

How it Works

"Combining our Livelink solutions with Surety's AbsoluteProof data integrity service provides a rigorous, external and verifiable means of ensuring that electronic records are able to withstand any legal or regulatory review. Surety's service can be configured for automated, high-volume data notarization which is very complementary to the support for user-initiated electronic and digital signature approaches that we have also implemented in Livelink."
&mdas- h;Martin Sumner Smith, Vice President, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Solutions, Open Text Corporation

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Open Text Livelink operates inside the Livelink workflow and enables customers to seamlessly and cost effectively Seal electronic records so that they may be authenticated throughout their chain of custody.

AbsoluteProof Connector enables Livelink customers to decide where in the workflow they wish to Seal and protect electronic records. A call is automatically made to Surety’s data center where a Seal is affixed, thus enabling Livelink customers to prove that their records are authentic and can withstand any legal or regulatory challenge.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, customers using this content security solution have assurance that the record has not been tampered or altered in any way.

The AbsoluteProof Connector enables Open Text customers to meet their long-term retention and integrity needs and also irrefutably prove the authenticity of their records in litigation, regardless of technology obsolescence, worker turnover and changing business processes.

How to Buy

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The Power of Proof

The AbsoluteProof Connector works as part of the workflow in the background of the DocuShare platform. AbsoluteProof automatically and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters DocuShare. This content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Any DocuShare customer operating in heavily regulated and litigious industries should consider using the AbsoluteProof service with our DocuShare Connector today to independently prove the integrity of electronically stored information throughout its chain of custody.

Features & Benefits

1. Eliminate the need and expense of converting native electronic files to images in the
   event of e-discovery
2. Manage and secure all forms of structured and unstructured content
3. Preserve long-lasting record authentication despite new DocuShare version upgrades
4. Prove creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property
5. Comply with recordkeeping and privacy requirements to minimize regulatory risks
6. Validate record integrity independent of the DocuShare platform and IT managers
7. Deter electronic record tampering
8. Authenticate records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Xerox DocuShare operates inside the DocuShare workflow and enables customers to seamlessly and cost effectively Seal electronic records so that they may be authenticated throughout their chain of custody.

AbsoluteProof Connector enables DocuShare customers to decide where in the workflow they wish to Seal and protect electronic records. A call is automatically made to Surety’s data center where a Seal is affixed, thus enabling DocuShare customers to prove that their records are authentic and can withstand any legal or regulatory challenge.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, customers using this content security solution have assurance that the record has not been tampered or altered in any way.

The AbsoluteProof Connector enables DocuShare customers to meet their long-term retention and integrity needs and also irrefutably prove the authenticity of their records in litigation, regardless of technology obsolescence, worker turnover and changing business processes.

How to Buy

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The Power of Proof

The AbsoluteProof Connector works as part of the workflow in the background of the Windows SharePoint web-based platform. AbsoluteProof automatically and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters SharePoint. This content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Any Windows SharePoint customer operating in heavily regulated and litigious industries should consider using the AbsoluteProof service with our SharePoint Connector today to independently prove the integrity of electronically stored information throughout its chain of custody.

Features & Benefits

1. Eliminate the need and expense of converting native electronic files to images in the
   event of e-discovery
2. Manage and secure all forms of structured and unstructured content
3. Preserve long-lasting record authentication despite new SharePoint version upgrades
4. Prove creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property
5. Comply with recordkeeping and privacy requirements to minimize regulatory risks
6. Validate record integrity independent of SharePoint and IT managers
7. Deter electronic record tampering
8. Authenticate records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for Windows SharePoint operates inside the SharePoint workflow and enables customers to seamlessly and cost effectively Seal electronic records so that they may be authenticated throughout their chain of custody.

AbsoluteProof Connector enables SharePoint customers to decide where in the workflow they wish to Seal and protect electronic records. A call is automatically made to Surety’s data center where a Seal is affixed, thus enabling SharePoint customers to prove that their records are authentic and can withstand any legal or regulatory challenge.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, customers using this content security solution have assurance that the record has not been tampered or altered in any way.

The AbsoluteProof Connector enables SharePoint customers to meet their long-term retention and integrity needs and also irrefutably prove the authenticity of their records in litigation, regardless of technology obsolescence, worker turnover and changing business processes.

How to Buy

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The Power of Proof

The AbsoluteProof Connector works as part of the workflow in the background of the EMC Documentum platform. AbsoluteProof automatically and seamlessly affixes a cryptographic timestamp token or Surety Integrity Seal™ (Seal) to each native and/or imaged record as it enters Documentum. This content security option provides users with long-lasting, objective proof of the time and content integrity of their electronic record.

Any Documentum customer operating in heavily regulated and litigious industries should consider using the AbsoluteProof service with our Documentum Connector today to independently prove the integrity of electronically stored information throughout its chain of custody.

Features & Benefits

1. Eliminate the need and expense of converting native electronic files to images in the
   event of e-discovery
2. Manage and secure all forms of structured and unstructured content
3. Preserve long-lasting record authentication despite new version upgrades
4. Prove creation date, time and ownership of intellectual property
5. Comply with recordkeeping and privacy requirements to minimize regulatory risks
6. Validate record integrity independent of the Documentum platform and IT managers
7. Deter electronic record tampering
8. Authenticate records by the most rigorous standard that may be applied

How it Works

The AbsoluteProof Connector for EMC Documentum operates inside the Documentum workflow and enables customers to seamlessly and cost effectively Seal electronic records so that they may be authenticated throughout their chain of custody.

AbsoluteProof Connector enables EMC Documentum customers to decide where in the workflow they wish to Seal and protect electronic records. A call is automatically made to Surety’s data center where a Seal is affixed, thus enabling Documentum customers to prove that their records are authentic and can withstand any legal or regulatory challenge.

In the event of an audit, legal discovery or other third-party request, customers using this content security solution have assurance that the record has not been tampered or altered in any way.

The AbsoluteProof Connector enables Documentum customers to meet their long-term retention and integrity needs and also irrefutably prove the authenticity of their records in litigation, regardless of technology obsolescence, worker turnover and changing business processes.

How to Buy

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Sealing a Document
Opening an Absolute Proof Envelope
Validating an AbsoluteProof Seal
Viewing AbsoluteProof Envelope Contents
Viewing AbsoluteProof Seal Detail
Exporting a Document
Exporting an AbsoluteProof Seal
Importing an AbsoluteProof Seal
Managing Preferences

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Sealing a Document
There are three ways to seal a document. You can create one directly from Windows Explorer, you can create one from a Microsoft Office application, or you can create one from within AbsoluteProof Desktop.

Opening an Absolute Proof Envelope
There are two ways to open an AbsoluteProof Envelope. You can open one directly from within Windows Explorer or you can open one from within AbsoluteProof Desktop.

Validating an AbsoluteProof Seal
You validate an AbsoluteProof Seal when you want to prove that the time-stamp associated with the document is accurate and the document has not been changed since it was sealed.

Viewing AbsoluteProof Envelope Contents
With AbsoluteProof Desktop, you can view the document stored in an AbsoluteProof Envelope using the registered viewer for the particular content type.

1. Open an AbsoluteProof Envelope. The envelope information will be displayed.
2. Click the View button.
3. If a viewer is available, the viewer will open to display the content. The viewer used depends on the content type (for example, Microsoft Word for a Word document).
4. If no viewer is available, a dialog will pop up asking you if you want to export the content. When content is exported, it is extracted from the Envelope and written to your disk. If you want to export, click Yes.
5. A File Save dialog will pop up. Specify where you would like the file exported and click OK. The file will be saved to the specified location.

Viewing AbsoluteProof Seal Detail
With AbsoluteProof Desktop, you can view information about the AbsoluteProof Seal stored in the current AbsoluteProof Envelope.

1. Open an AbsoluteProof Envelope. The envelope information will be displayed.
2. On the File menu, click the View Seal Detail button.
3. The Seal Detail dialog will pop up displaying the Seal detail.

Exporting a Document
You can export (extract) the document contained in an AbsoluteProof Envelope to your disk. This is useful if you want store or manipulate the document independent of AbsoluteProof Desktop.

1. Open an AbsoluteProof Envelope. The envelope information will be displayed.
2. On the AbsoluteProof Desktop File menu, click Export Document.
3. A File Save dialog will pop up. Specify where you would like the document exported and click OK. The document will be saved to the specified location.

Exporting an AbsoluteProof Seal
You can export (extract) the AbsoluteProof Seal from an AbsoluteProof Envelope and save it to your disk. This is useful if you want store or manipulate the Seal independent of AbsoluteProof Desktop.

1. Open an AbsoluteProof Envelope. The envelope information will be displayed.
2. On the AbsoluteProof Desktop File menu, click Export Seal.
3. A File Save dialog will pop up. Specify where you would like the AbsoluteProof Seal exported and click OK. The AbsoluteProof Seal will be saved to the specified location.

Importing an AbsoluteProof Seal
You use the Import Seal operation when you want to create a new AbsoluteProof Envelope from a document and corresponding Seal file stored on your computer.

1. On the AbsoluteProof Desktop File menu, click Import Seal. The Import Seal Dialog will pop up.
2. Specify the location of the document, corresponding Seal file, and the name of the AbsoluteProof Envelope you want to create.
3. Click OK, and the requested AbsoluteProof Envelope will be created and displayed on the AbsoluteProof Desktop Main WIndow.

Managing Preferences
AbsoluteProof Desktop has a variety of user preferences that you can set to tailor how the application operates.

1. Open AbsoluteProof Desktop from the Windows Start menu:
Start -> All Programs -> AbsoluteProof Desktop -> AbsoluteProof Desktop
2. On the AbsoluteProof Desktop Options menu, click Preferences. The Preferences Dialog will be displayed.
3. Modify your preferences as desired and click OK to exit the dialog.

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AbsoluteProof® has a purchase option that can meet your needs.

Surety offers you a broad range of purchase options to add our trusted time-stamp service into your applications or workflow process, you may: 1) integrate AbsoluteProof yourself using our flexible Software Development Kits, 2) download AbsoluteProof Desktop and use it directly from your PC, or 3) use one of our fast, simple and seamless technology-specific AbsoluteProof Connectors.

AbsoluteProof Software Development Kits

AbsoluteProof Software Development Kits (SDKs) make integrating AbsoluteProof into your applications fast and painless. Surety provides a variety of SDKs that enable you to integrate AbsoluteProof into virtually any application. The currently supported SDKs are:

SDK	PLATFORM
C++	Windows, Linus Solaris
COM	Windows
JAVA	Any Platform
.NET	Windows

AbsoluteProof Desktop

AbsoluteProof Desktop™ is a Windows-based application that enables you to independently prove the time and content integrity of your electronic data on your PC. Should you need to send a time-stamped document to an outside party, you may enclose it in our AbsoluteProof Envelope™. The AbsoluteProof Envelope is a tamper-evident digital envelope containing the document and the Data Integrity Seal™.

AbsoluteProof Connectors

Surety has established partnerships with vendors and integrators worldwide to develop a powerful set of technology-specific software Connectors. Our AbsoluteProof Connectors enable your organization to Seal electronic documents where you feel they are most exposed — whether in your R&D applications, document capture applications, content management software, e-mail, backup and archival systems.

Personal Care of Electronic Records is Risky... Don’t Take Chances. Get AbsoluteProof® on Your Desktop Today. Could you prove when you conceived the idea behind your invention and that it is yours? Would you be able to prove the integrity of the financial spreadsheets that feed into your financial accounting systems or audits? Do you want to wait until you are in litigation to learn that your e-records have been tampered? For $50 a year, less than one-hour of a lawyer’s time, you can be assured that your electronic records are litigation ready! AbsoluteProof Desktop is a Windows-based single-user application that enables you to independently prove the time and content integrity of the electronic data on your PC or workstation. Legally Defend Your Documents - Quickly, Easily & Securely AbsoluteProof Desktop is easily installed and is capable of verifying the integrity of any form of digital content, regardless of format, including rich or Word documents, spreadsheets, email, engineering diagrams, LIMS records, design diagrams, device readings, and audit logs. With the AbsoluteProof trusted time-stamp service on your desktop, you’ll have the ability to objectively defend the credibility of your electronic documents and will be in the strongest possible position if and when you enter into a legal challenge. As an individual user, you can enjoy unlimited transactions for a year, with no IT involvement and no need for integration. Included in your yearly subscription is: online help, full e-mail support, a specialized Account Management area, and service upgrades during your subscription period. Get the same data-level security that is used by major corporations ... for a fraction of the cost! Unlimited timestamp transactions for one year on one computer, only $50.

Features Lightweight Desktop Sealing & Validation Utility One Click Sealing & Validation Seal Files & Directories Seal Files of Any Format Standard-compliant Seals Portable AbsoluteProof Envelope Free Viewer for 3rd Party Validation of Sealed Content E-mail Support Benefits Easy to Deploy Cost-effective Same Data-level Security Used by Major Corporations Proves Time of Document Creation & Document Integrity Tamper-evident, Long-lasting & Independently Provable Integrates with Word®, Excel®, and PowerPoint®

Surety’s patented Renewal process enables customers to create new Integrity Seals as hash algorithms become weak or compromised. MD5 and SHA-1 for example, have been shown by researchers to be vulnerable. Standards groups like NIST therefore recommend the use of newer, stronger algorithms.

The process of creating AbsoluteProof Seals involves using secure hash functions to create a unique digital fingerprint of protected data. These hash functions have a long, but limited lifetime. The AbsoluteProof Service is designed so that it can easily support newer, stronger secure hash functions as they are introduced.

When it is necessary to upgrade hash functions, customers can Renew their existing Seals using the new hash functions. This extends the life of the Seal beyond the life of the hash function that was used to create it while retaining the original sealing date and time. In effect, the old Seal is "refreshed" with the new secure hashng technology. A Renewal consists of a second Seal computed over the original document and the original Seal.

A renewed Seal will remain valid even after the original hash function becomes weak. In this process, the second Seal proves that the original Seal existed at a time before the original hash function was compromised. For this reason, it is important to renew before the original secure hash function is completely compromised.

The AbsoluteProof service is delivered through the AbsoluteProof Server (Server). The Server is the software and hardware components maintained by Surety in a distributed secure data center environment. The service is utilized through the AbsoluteProof Client (Client). The Client is any application that is capable of interfacing with the Server through a secure Internet-based connection, via an AbsoluteProof Desktop, SDK or Technology Module integration. The Client is responsible for storing the electronic records and associated Seals. Here is how it works:

Sealing—how a new seal is obtained

Validation—how a previously created Seal’s content and time integrity is verified

Every day individuals within your organization send, receive and store email; create and store electronic documents; scan and store paper documents; “PDF” documents; declare records; and backup systems and data. Each of these functions exposes your organization to risk … Every electronic record, audit log and metadata file your organization generates, manages and stores is susceptible to an e-discovery request in litigation.

How can you prove that your electronic records have not changed throughout their chain of custody?

The Surety AbsoluteProof® Connectors make it extremely easy for you to Seal your electronic records inside the data generation, management and storage functions within your organization. This simple content security option enables your organization to legally defend your electronic records, audit logs and metadata to whomever and whenever they must be produced in litigation.

Surety provides a powerful set of AbsoluteProof Connectors that enable your organization to Seal electronic documents where you feel they are most exposed whether on your desktop and R&D applications, document capture applications, content management software, e-mail, backup and archival systems. With Surety’s AbsoluteProof Connectors, you can:

Seal Documents & Files

Seal Email

Seal Scanned Documents

Seal Records

Seal & Archive

To enable us to assist you in identifying the AbsoluteProof Connector and Surety partner that is right for you, please click here.

AbsoluteProof® Software Development Kits: Fast, Simple, Seamless

AbsoluteProof Software Development Kits (SDKs) make integrating AbsoluteProof into your applications fast and painless. Surety provides a variety of SDKs that enable you to integrate AbsoluteProof into virtually any application. The currently supported SDKs are:

SDK	PLATFORM
C++	Windows, Linus Solaris
COM	Windows
JAVA	Any Platform
.NET	Windows

If you require assistance during your integration, Surety's professional services consultants can provide the necessary assistance, expertise and accountability to ensure that your AbsoluteProof implementation is successful. We have the skills and resources to integrate AbsoluteProof into virtually any business process or vendor application. Please contact a Surety sales associate for more information.

AbsoluteProof® has an integration option to meet your needs.

Surety offers you a broad range of integration options to add our trusted time-stamp service into your applications or workflow process, you may: 1) integrate AbsoluteProof yourself using our flexible Software Development Kits, 2) download AbsoluteProof Desktop and use it directly from your PC, or 3) contact a Surety Partner for a technology-specific integration.

AbsoluteProof Software Development Kits

AbsoluteProof Software Development Kits (SDKs) make integrating AbsoluteProof into your applications fast and painless. Surety provides a variety of SDKs that enable you to integrate AbsoluteProof into virtually any application. The currently supported SDKs are:

SDK	PLATFORM
C++	Windows, Linus Solaris
COM	Windows
JAVA	Any Platform
Notes/Domino	Windows
.NET	Windows

AbsoluteProof Desktop

AbsoluteProof Desktop™ is a Windows-based application that enables you to independently prove the time and content integrity of your electronic data on your PC. Should you need to send a time-stamped document to an outside party, you may enclose it in our AbsoluteProof Envelope™. The AbsoluteProof Envelope is a tamper-evident digital envelope containing the document and the Data Integrity Seal™.

Surety Partner Program

Surety has established partnerships with vendors worldwide. Custom integrations of AbsoluteProof have been completed on several third-party applications, such as Electronic Content Management (ECM) Systems, Product lifecycle Management Systems, online registry services, contract management applications, electronic lab notebook applications, and litigation support solutions.

Mechanisms That can be Circumvented by Application Developers, Administrators, or Vendor Personnel are Unlikely to be Viewed as Compelling Evidence of Data Integrity

Surety timestamps enable applications to deliver a level of data integrity protection and litigation readiness beyond that provided by a simple secure hash over stored content.

Cryptographic hash algorithms (e.g., SHA-256, RIPEMD-160) provide an effective means of detecting whether digital data have been altered. If you hash the data and retain the hash, it is possible to use that hash at a future time to detect whether the data have changed. Detecting a change is a simple matter of recomputing the hash – running the current state of the data through the same hash algorithm – and comparing the resulting hash to the hash that was retained from an earlier time. If the two hash values match, you have demonstrated with a very high level of assurance that the data have not changed.

Applications that use hashing are based on an implicit (or explicit) assumption that the retained hash value cannot be altered or that the risk of alteration is low enough to be acceptable. If the hash value can be altered along with the protected data, then the assurance provided by validating that hash value is reduced in relation to how easy it is to alter the hash value.

Time is another important concept in applications that employ hash algorithms to detect modification. If you are provided with a document and a hash, it proves nothing. The document could have been modified many times and the hash computed the instant before you were given the document and the hash. To make meaningful statements about data integrity, the application must somehow bind a valid time to the hash. This allows statements like "this data item has not been modified since 8:36 AM EST January 23, 2004".

The security of this binding is as important as the security of the underlying hash algorithm. If the binding can be altered or forged, then the assurance provided by validating that hash value is reduced in relation to how easy it is to alter the binding. Furthermore, for a time to be valid, it must come from a trusted source (e.g., NIST or USNO) and must be auditable. Binding a time that comes from a clock that can be manipulated provides little proof of integrity.

A final important consideration is the level of assurance required by the application. At a business level, data integrity involves proving the integrity of data to a third party, most likely in an adversarial environment when the stakes are high. For example, before an expert witness brought in by opposing counsel in a patent litigation case. Referring back to what was discussed earlier, this argues that in order to survive an integrity challenge, an application requires a very high level of assurance in the mechanisms that protect its data integrity hashes, the binding of those hashes to time values, and its time source. Mechanisms that can be circumvented by application developers, administrators, or vendor personnel are unlikely to be viewed as compelling evidence of data integrity.

The challenges described above are the reason trusted digital timestamps were invented. Trusted digital timestamps cryptographically bind a hash value to a reliable time value using a standard mechanism. The binding process is such that neither the hash value or the time value in the timestamp can be altered without detection. The protected data and the timestamp can be provided to a third party who can validate the timestamp to gain a very high level of assurance that the data has not been modified since the indicated time.

Digital timestamps are created as follows: (See demo)

The document is hashed by the application and only the hash sent to the time-stamp authority (TSA);

The TSA reads the current time from an audited clock and cryptographically binds the hash to the time value resulting in a timestamp token;

The timestamp token is returned to the application where it is stored with the document as meta data.

Digital timestamps are verified as follows: (See demo)

The verifier rehashes the document and compares the hash to the hash value contained in the time stamp token.

If the hash values don't match, then the document has been altered.

If the hash values match, then the verifier sends the timestamp token to the TSA to check the cryptographic binding of the time value and hash value.

If the binding is valid, then the verifier has a high level of assurance that the document has not been altered since the indicated time.

Surety timestamps use a technique called "hash chain linking" to bind the time value to the hash value. A unique aspect of this approach is that the trust anchor for the entire process is a widely published (Widely-Witnessed) weekly hash value. All Surety timestamps are cryptographically linked to a published value which anchors the integrity of the timestamp's binding and the integrity of the time-value. The primary advantage of this approach that the process is completely auditable and not subject to forgery or compromise. Another advantage of Surety timestamps is that they can be "renewed" with new hash algorithms as old hash algorithms become weak. This renewal process maintains the original timestamp date. The result is that Surety timestamps can provide integrity protection for the entire life of the protected data.

Secure or simple hash algorithms are a valuable primitive for data integrity protection; however, an application integrity mechanism implemented using secure hash algorithms alone must address the issues of hash value protection, time value protection, binding, portability, hash algorithm lifetime, and the use of a time source that is auditable and traceable to national standards. The mechanisms used must not be circumventable by application developers, administrators, or vendor personnel. If they are, the underlying integrity mechanisms are unlikely to be viewed as compelling evidence of data integrity. Surety's AbsoluteProof Service solves these problems for the application developer through the use of digital timestamps that provide portable, long-lasting, and independently-verifiable proof of data integrity.

Secrets, Key Compromise, Key Life Issues ...

Digital timestamps reliably bind a trusted time value to a electronic document. This is done by cryptographically linking a hash of the document to a time-value obtained from a trusted source, such as NIST.

As in a signature on a paper document, the actual meaning of the signature can vary. For example, the signature might signify the signer's agreement with contractual terms detailed in the signed document. An important characteristic of a digital signature is that it can be verified. When you verify a digital signature, you verify that the document has not changed since it was signed and that the identified party actually signed the document. Stated simply, signatures can reliably provide the "who" component of document authentication.

In PKI-based timestamps (for example, RFC 3161 timestamps), the binding of a time value to a document is accomplished by hashing the document and time value and signing the result with the Time Stamp Authority's (TSA) private key.

This is a simple mechanism, but it has several drawbacks that need to be considered. First, the binding is dependent on the secrecy of the private key. If the key should be compromised, then it would become possible for a third party to forge timestamps. Even if the key is protected, the potential for a compromise can always be used in a legal challenge to question the evidentiary quality of a document sealed with a PKI-based timestamp.

Furthermore, if a TSA key were actually compromised, it would immediately render the timestamps created under that key invalid. This would mean that any investment a company has made in time-stamping documents (possibly over years or decades) would immediately be lost.

A second issue with PKI-based timestamps is key life. TSA keys have a fixed lifetime which is generally reflected in the expiration date of their certificates. Once a certificate in the TSAs certificate chain expires, it may no longer be possible to validate timestamps created under that key. This makes PKI-based timestamps unsuitable for applications where the protected records are relatively long-lived.

Finally, there is nothing in PKI-based timestamps that keeps a TSA from creating a timestamp with an earlier date, in-other-words backdating. Even if a TSA is completely honest in the way timestamps are generated, the potential for backdating can always be used in a legal challenge to question the evidentiary quality of a document sealed with a PKI-based timestamp.

In Surety’s AbsoluteProof timestamps, the binding of a time value to a document is accomplished by hashing the document and time value and linking the results into Surety's hash chain. The integrity of the chain itself is protected (and auditable) through Surety's widely-witnessed process which involves the periodic publication of algorithmically verifiable check values computed over the chain. Because the Surety process does not use secret keys, it is not subject to the key compromise and key life issues faced by PKI-based timestamps. Furthermore, because Surety timestamps are tied to a real-world event--the publication of a hash value in the New York Times--creating backdated timestamps is not possible. As a result, Surety timestamps provide long-term integrity protection and have the evidentiary quality to stand up to any legal challenge.

Digital Signatures & Trusted Timestamps are Separate but Complementary Technologies

PKI-based digital signatures provide a mechanism to reliably associate an identity with a electronic document or a portion of an electronic document.

As in a signature on a paper document, the actual meaning of the signature can vary. For example, the signature might signify the signer's agreement with contractual terms detailed in the signed document. An important characteristic of a digital signature is that it can be verified. When you verify a digital signature, you verify that the document has not changed since it was signed and that the identified party actually signed the document. Stated simply, signatures can reliably provide the "who" component of document authentication.

Digital signatures do nothing to reliably provide the "when" component of document authentication. For example, if an organization is asked to provide evidence that a particular record has not changed since a certain date, the fact that the record was digitally signed does not help. This is because a signed document can be altered, and then re-signed, and the result will be a perfectly valid signature. Digital timestamps are designed to solve this problem. Digital timestamps associate a reliable time-value with a document and thereby provide the "when" component of document authentication. If the document is altered, or the time-value associated with the timestamp is altered, then the timestamp is invalidated. One can always alter the document and re-timestamp it, but the new timestamp will carry a time-value that indicates the current time.

Digital signatures and trusted digital timestamps are separate but complementary technologies. If you only need the "who" then digital signatures are appropriate. If you only need the "when", then trusted timestamps are appropriate. If you need the "who" and the "when", then both are appropriate.

Trusted digital timestamps solve two key problems that can arise with digital signatures: repudiation and long-term signatures. The problem of repudiation occurs when the signer claims that they didn't actually sign the document. For example, because their signing key was compromised and someone else must have signed the document using their key. This problem can be solved by applying a timestamp to the document, signature, and evidence of key validity.