You don’t need to trust us.
Every ArcticScore engagement produces evidence that remains verifiable even if our company, our servers, and our team disappear tomorrow. Here’s how.
The notary chain, explained
Each adversarial finding is hashed into a Merkle tree. Every tree root is timestamped by an external RFC 3161 Time Stamp Authority — an independent service not controlled by ArcticScore. Each new finding chains to the previous timestamp, creating a continuous, tamper-evident custody log. Break one link, and the verifier rejects the entire bundle. This is the same mechanism used in code-signing and long-term document integrity — an IETF standard applied to cybersecurity evidence.
RFC 3161 timestamp anchoring
We use accredited third-party Time Stamp Authorities (freeTSA, Sectigo, DFN) to anchor findings to real-world time. You get provable “this evidence existed no later than…” certificates — independently verifiable against the TSA’s public certificate. No reliance on our system clocks. No way for us to backdate. Even if someone compromised the ArcticScore instance, they cannot forge timestamps from a public Certificate Authority.
The standalone verifier — verify without ArcticScore
A single compiled binary (Linux, macOS, Windows) that reads the evidence bundle and outputs YES or NO. Source code is escrowed with a recognized software escrow agent. The binary’s checksum is published in every engagement report. It never phones home — verifiable in an air-gapped room. It needs nothing from ArcticScore — no API, no server, no license key. Hand it to opposing counsel. They can run it themselves. If the verifier says YES, the evidence is intact. No trust required.
Admissibility — built for disputes
Every bundle includes a custodian affidavit drafted to meet Federal Rules of Evidence 902(13) and 902(14) — self-authenticating electronic records generated by an electronic process that produces an accurate result. The evidence chain is structured so a forensic expert can attest to its integrity without relying on ArcticScore’s testimony. Whether you’re making a breach-of-rep claim, supporting an R&W insurance filing, or preparing for litigation, the bundle arrives court-ready.
The short version
We’re a small company. That’s a fair concern. We solve it by removing ourselves from the trust equation entirely:
The guarantee
We guarantee the evidence bundle will verify with the supplied verifier — every time. If it doesn’t, the engagement is free and we publicly post the root cause. No software vendor has ever made that guarantee. We can, because verification is purely mathematical. We are merely the instrument that surfaces what the target’s environment already says — and we prove we didn’t alter a byte.
Evidence you can verify without us.
ArcticScore could disappear tomorrow. Your evidence remains provably intact against public timestamps. That’s not a claim — that’s math.
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