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Tamper-evident ledger

A record of what happened that no one — including admins — can rewrite.

When Aria asks what happened to a record, she gets spreadsheets and shrugs. She needs a history that’s provably complete and provably unedited.

The reality today

The audit trail is the weakest link

Editable logs

If an admin can quietly alter the log, it isn’t evidence.

Incomplete trails

Ingest, reads, exports, and dispositions live in different systems, if they’re captured at all.

Unprovable history

‘Trust us’ doesn’t survive a regulator or a courtroom.

How the system works

Every action chained to the last

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See it in the product

Chain intact — every event, hashed in order

Governance

Holds, approvals, and a ledger that can't be edited

Retention, legal holds, and approvals live in one place — destructive actions always route to a human. Behind it sits a hash-chained, append-only audit ledger: every ingest, redaction, and disposition is recorded, and any attempt to edit history breaks the chain.

Fileport product — Holds, approvals, and a ledger that can't be edited
What happens, step by step

From problem to proof

1

Record everything

Every ingest, read, export, and disposition is written as a ledger entry with actor and timestamp.

2

Chain each entry

Each block is hash-linked to the one before it.

3

Detect any tampering

Altering history breaks the chain — and the break is visible.

4

Verify independently

The chain can be checked without trusting the operator.

Why it lands

What survives scrutiny

Append-only
no edits, ever
Hash-chained
tamper-evident
Independently
verifiable
FAQ

Common questions

What exactly is recorded?

Every ingest, read, export, redaction, hold, and disposition — with actor, approval, and timestamp.

Could an admin alter it?

Any edit breaks the hash chain and is detectable, so the record can’t be quietly changed.

Can we hand this to a regulator?

Yes — the chain is independently verifiable evidence of what happened.

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