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Attestiv protects against fake and fraudulent digital media for news and media organizations that rely on photos and videos.
Authenticity Protection
We provide real-time traceability of photos and videos to the source or point of capture. Detect any tampering or alterations to photos and videos.
Attestiv protects digital media, including photos videos and documents, against tampering and fraud in real-time, with the highest levels of data authenticity, tamper-proofing and analysis.
Attestiv prevents alterations and tampering of digital media via multi-tiered security and chain of custody, limiting authorized access and immutably tracking change history.


Media Life Cyle Management
Manage and track changes to digital media throughout its lifecycle. Detect and prevent unauthorized/unlicensed dissemination or changes.
Attestiv protects digital media, including photos videos and documents, against tampering and fraud in real-time, with the highest levels of data authenticity, tamper-proofing and analysis.
Attestiv prevents alterations and tampering of digital media via multi-tiered security and chain of custody, limiting authorized access and immutably tracking change history.
Disinformation Prevention
We protect against deepfakes and digital media alterations verifying third-party digital media content for authenticity and increasing public trust in image and video content.
Attestiv protects digital media, including photos videos and documents, against tampering and fraud in real-time, with the highest levels of data authenticity, tamper-proofing and analysis.
Attestiv prevents alterations and tampering of digital media via multi-tiered security and chain of custody, limiting authorized access and immutably tracking change history.
Current Challenges in News & Media
With digital adoption and digital transformation, individuals and organizations, rely more on:
- Photos
- Videos
- Electronic documents
Methods to alter media have proliferated, posing growing challenges:
- Fraud — Deepfakes, Photoshops
- Chain of custody, traceability
- Reputation, trust issues
We provide:
Real-Time Content Validation >
Multiple Delivery Methods >
Content Protection >
Real-Time Content Validation
- Authentication (fingerprinting) during photo or video capture
- Registration of live photo/video capture
- Visible digital endorsement
- Understand where content is distributed/ syndicated
Multiple Delivery Methods
- Attestiv mobile apps
- Attestiv web apps
- Attestiv integrated web APIs
- For websites
- For mobile apps
Content Protection
- Real-time traceability of photos and videos to the trusted source or point of capture
- Detection of tampering /alterations
- View statistics/alerts of content manipulation
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- Authenticity of digital media and hardware at the point of capture providing:
- Tamper-resistant photos and videos
- Immunity by storing media fingerprints on a distributed ledger
- Authenticated hardware (cameras, phones, etc.)
- Import of existing media libraries
- Register assets from a trusted sources
- Register assets that have undergone media forensics
- Flexible APIs for easy integration into existing workflows and capture hardware
Because not all media can be captured via Attestiv applications and APIs, Attestiv allows importing media captured by outside sources
- Originating from trusted 3rd party sources
- Forensically scanned and found to be free from tampering
- Endorsed by trusted parties and organizations
Supporting multiple levels of authenticity ranging from authenticated capture, to imported, scanned, endorsed, or altered, Attestiv is an open system designed to work within the constraints of any media organization.
Benefits
- Protects against deepfakes, increasing the ability to verify third-party media content for authenticity
- Proves chain of custody of digital media files without large teams of forensic experts
- Protects genuine third-party journalists’ image and video content against adversarial claims
- Increases general public trust in image and video content that has been verified by Attestiv
- Enables governments to confirm if adversarial image and video content is fake, and inform partners and the public
- Share content with confidence
How it works:

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