Guard time connect_estonia 21.03.2012

Guard time connect_estonia 21.03.2012

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  © 2011. CopyrightGuardTime. All Rights Reserved. [email protected] General Manager Estonia 21.03.2012
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  GuardTime Proof of time,origin and integrity for the world’s electronic data Founded in Estonia in 2006 IP of Estonian scientists Ahto Buldas and Märt Saarepera Accredited timestamping service provider in EU since 2007 Financed by ASI, Brother, Singaporean Government and Hong Kong based Horizons Ventures © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. Subsidiary offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, San Diego
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  Hash Functions GuardTime’stechnology is based on cryptographic hash functions HASH VALUE HASH AXSJ76SNWCRVRVL INPUT DATA FFAONRDNZG4VUS FUNCTION U2HAS7DJWZR2U ONE-WAY ONLY © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. REVERSE CALCULATION NOT POSSIBLE 3
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  When trust isnot enough 4 © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved.
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  When trust isnot enough TIME 5 © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved.
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  Keyless Signatures: HowIt Works Enable any Sign the event Signatures are Receive a system or logs, backups, mathematically © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. signature for environment to archives, other verifiable for each data item use Keyless data and the life of the signed Signatures applications data When trust is not enough 6
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  When trust isnot enough 7 © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved.
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  Prove This Didn’tHappen Does your proof require that someone trust you? • ‘Cleaning up’ the application and system logs Accidental • ‘Fixing’ the backups and archives (admin) • Checking in untested applications • Removing application and system log entries Intentional • Changing database records (admin) • Adjusting application and system configurations © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. • Removing log entries Malicious • Changing database records (hacker) • Inserting new code into the operating environment When trust is not enough 8
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  Use Case: AuditableScan-To-Server Signing capabilities are embedded directly into the multi-functional printer Documents are signed after scanned and converted to PDF The signature is embedded within the PDF Signed PDF documents are stored on the server Recipients of the documents can verify the signature of the documents from within the scanned PDF © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. Provides proof of origin (e.g. which scanner), time and content for the stored documents When trust is not enough 9
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  International team Business is done by people! Our group CEO flight mileage last year - 250000 0900-1700 Tallinn time +9h/-8h ~10 different nationalities Negotiation and communication style Work ethic, command of languages Politics, religion, women, alcohol © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. When trust is not enough 10
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  Research & development R&D is in Tallinn, Estonia Top of the technology pyramid Serendipity-led R&D Can innovation be outsourced? What is innovation? Accountability to investors © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. Test-site Estonia When trust is not enough 11
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  Sales What do you sell? Business model, Pilot, Service (consumer, infrastructure), Product, Disruptive change, Fear Naive, Pragmatic, Strategic IP Obstacles Not invented here Nice to have but not compulsory (through legislation) © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. Too new, too disruptive for me Technology push v. Market pull „GuardTime is not a technology problem, its a marketing problem“ When trust is not enough 12
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  Business model GuardTime is sold as a monthly subscription service based on volume (Transactions/Second) shared with partners and downstream channel Estonia as a test site for the world Cooperation agreement with the Estonian Government for a service free of charge In Estonia - National Archive, RIK, MKM, Levira, SEB, Elion... © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. When trust is not enough 13
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  Orwell 1984 Big Brother Doublethink Thoughtcrime Newspeak © 2011. Copyright GuardTime. All Rights Reserved. Memory hole When trust is not enough 14
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  © 2011. CopyrightGuardTime. All Rights Reserved. When trust is not enough Thank You! Email: [email protected]