As a software developer, you need a robust, cryptographically air-tight solution to guarantee data integrity in the systems you build. But most OS-generated date/timestamps are essentially
useless for proving the state of data at a particular point in time. That's because they're so easily manipulated.
The ProofMark Software Developers' Kit (SDK) is the answer. The ProofMark SDK is an easy to implement system that utilizes public-key cryptography to create an irrefutable record of the time-existence and exact composition of any digital data. With the ProofMark SDK, you can integrate world-class data integrity safeguards into virtually any application you're building: quickly, painlessly and (most importantly) cost-effectively.
Using ProofSpace's patented Transient Key Technology, a ProofMark server issues a certificate that contains the proof for an online event of what someone did, when they did it, and who they were. A ProofMark certificate shrink-wraps any type of digital data using public-key cryptography, proving its authenticity at a particular point in time.
The ProofMark system then distributes the proof of the existence of the private key used to create the ProofMark certificates over a network of servers. This provides independent verification from outside of the organization that created the ProofMark certificate. In addition, the ProofMark system verifies the timestamp included in the ProofMark certificate by crosschecking the time across servers.
- Dramatically accelerates product development for solutions needing trusted time stamping, tamper-detection or data integrity features.
- Immediate detection of changes to an application’s data virtually eliminates storage integrity threats from insiders.
- Long-lasting tamper-evident and indelible trusted time stamping features persist on records, even when they travel outside of a client organization.
- Provides an independently verifiable, digital proof of the state of the electronic data set at a moment in time.
- Adds irrefutable proof of records authenticity to your applications that will stand up to regulators, auditors, arbitrators and legal examination.
- Substantially reduces the legal and forensics costs for your customers during disputes and official inquiries.
- Helps compliance with national standards and specifications, including the ANSI X9.95-2005 specification for Trusted Time Stamp Management and Security, Federal E-SIGN legislation and Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Scalable from the small business to the enterprise.
- Data authenticity isn't tied down to a specific location, software or hardware implementation, enabling you to migrate records anywhere without losing your ability to prove authenticity.
- Seals several thousand transactions per second.
- Cryptographically strong chain of events, which is virtually impossible to alter after the fact.
- Enables redundant multiple failover protection.
- Regular backups are stored indefinitely in ProofMark's Forensic Repositories worldwide.