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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Joel Michael Love, Saxtons River, VT (US);
Daniel Joseph Moore, Tucson, AZ (US);
Elliot Lawrence Gould, Windham, NH (US);
Laurence G. Walker, Boston, MA (US);
Timothy Allen Wright, Northrop, MA (US);
Joel Michael Love, Saxtons River, VT (US);
Daniel Joseph Moore, Tucson, AZ (US);
Elliot Lawrence Gould, Windham, NH (US);
Laurence G. Walker, Boston, MA (US);
Timothy Allen Wright, Northrop, MA (US);
Cumulus Data LLC, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method that builds a chain-of-custody for archived data is disclosed to ensure the integrity and reliability of the archived data. In one implementation, by using a certified Time Stamp Authority (TSA), an indelible record of each time the archived data is touched (e.g. created, stored, retrieved, accessed, tested, moved, or transformed) is generated to build verifiable links between events to ensure the custody of the data can be audited and verified that it has remained intact throughout its lifetime. The chain-of-custody, in combination with the storage architecture that ensures archive data has not changed through various software and hardware means (e.g., multiple hash signatures to ensure integrity, timestamp authorities to pinpoint each time the archived data was touched, location information to pinpoint physical location, and coordinated chain of custody on multiple replicas of the digital artifact) validates that the archived data has not changed since it was archived.