Guardtime Case Studies
Insight into how some of Guardtime’s partners have employed and benefited from the technology and solutions based on Keyless Signature Infrastructure.
Eliminating fraud, solidifying agreements, and closing the trust gap in eCommerce
Daily deals service provider Aha combats transaction fraud and strengthens its relationships with its merchants by converting trust-based handshakes into proof-based binding digital agreements with the Guardtime Keyless Signature Service.
Says Aha CEO Maron Kristófersson,
With Guardtime, we have bank-grade, tamper-evident security and can produce a verifiable digital audit trail for every action, thereby increasing the trust between us and our merchants, as well as the end customers.
The Authentication Service You Can Prove
Combining Authentify’s multi-factor authentication services with Guardtime’s Keyless Signatures bridges the gap between the physical and digital worlds.
Says Authentify’s President and CEO Peter G. Tapling,
With the integration of Guardtime, our clients have undeniable proof that the authentication and authorization events occurred as expected and reported.
Safeguarding Intellectual Property with Mathematical Proof of Invention
Financial services technology company Benchmark Solutions protects its intellectual property and confidential documents with Guardtime Keyless Signatures. All IP data is digitally signed, maintains integrity for life, and is legally-admissible in the event of attacks aimed at violating patent rights.
Says Benchmark Solutions Chief Scientist Peter Cotton,
We saw the value in cryptographically timestamping intellectual property. The Guardtime solution was an easy win and, given the simplicity of the product, we envisage other uses for the technology going forward.
World’s First Scan-to-Mail Multi-Functional Printer with Built-In Keyless Signatures
Brother is able to scan, store, and share their documents within their Enterprise, allowing them to prove that the scanned content remains intact throughout the life of the resulting digital asset.
Says Brother’s NID Development Group,
Thanks to Guardtime’s Keyless Signatures, we are able to provide proof of integrity for the data without the concern of key management while doing so and at an affordable price point.
Use Case E-Discovery: Preserving Online Content as Evidence
Guardtime’s Keyless Signatures allow Cernam to create forensically-sound online evidence for its customers when documents are identified, collected, stored, and presented, thereby providing survivable proof of authenticity and integrity for an otherwise uniquely-fragile form of digital evidence.
Says Owen O’Connor, Founder and Managing Director of Cernam,
Independent proof was critical, and having the ability to demonstrate this capability was a key component in our decision to select Guardtime.
Adding Tamper Evidence to Data Collected from Monitored Vehicles
By signing all collected data using Guardtime’s unique Keyless Signature Service, CREW SYSTEMS can provide proof that the data has not been tampered with in any way since it was signed, thereby producing forensically-sound evidence when submitting reports and associated video images for investigational purposes.
Says Katsuhiko Hirayama, CREW SYSTEMS CEO,
The data in connection with a vehicle and a person’s safety requires high reliability and integrity. The Keyless Signatures are extremely affordable in terms of integration and maintenance as compared to conventional timestamping-only or PKI-based services.
World’s First Provably Secure Storage and Collaboration Service
ftopia’s secure rooms give organizations the ability to prove that every data item remains intact, for the life of the data, wherever it goes.
Says ftopia’s CEO Philippe Honigman,
With Guardtime’s Keyless Signatures, we are able to provide proof of integrity for unstructured information exchange between several organizations.
Hosting provider finally able to answer the question: why should I trust you with my data?
Guardtime’s keyless signing of all hosted data removes any question about its evidential quality.
Says Presence Networks’ CEO Symon Blomfield,
“If Verisign represented trust in the era of the Internet, then Guardtime represents proof in the era of the Cloud.”
Converting Trust to Proof for Electronic Banking Transaction Logs
With the adoption of GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures, Rakuten is able to verify the integrity of online transaction logs for more than 10 years. It is now possible to assure the integrity of data throughout its entire life cycle, whether it leaves the organization, is in transit over the network, or is stored on-premise or off-premise.
Says Naohiko Shimizu, Rakuten Bank Deputy General Manager, System Division,
Thanks to Guardtime’s unique Keyless Signature technology, we are now able to convert trust to proof for our online logs at an affordable cost and with easy integration.
Electronic Banking Transactions Signed to Defend Against Claims of Tampering
Guardtime’s Keyless Signatures provide SEB Estonia with the forensic proof it needs to improve its legal position against insider attacks, external breaches, and other transactional-oriented fraud.
Says Kaido Raiend, Head of IT Security Analysis, SEB Estonia,
With Guardtime’s unique Keyless Signatures service, we are now able to independently prove the time, origin, and content for all of our electronic banking transactions.