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Immutable, End-to-End Custody Tracking for Digital and Physical Evidence

The Veritas Chain of Custody Recorder (VCCR™) is a cryptographically anchored system designed to preserve the complete, unbroken, and tamper-proof chain of custody for digital evidence, physical items, case files, forensic artifacts, and any governed asset requiring provable handling history.

VCCR ensures that every transfer, access, modification, analysis step, signature, and custody event is captured with immutable lineage that courts, regulators, and investigators can verify mathematically.

This removes ambiguity, strengthens prosecutions, protects defendants, and ensures that evidentiary integrity can never be questioned.

The Problem VCCR Solves

Chain of custody failures are one of the most common causes of:

• Evidence suppression

• Case dismissal

• Judicial challenges

• Invalidated forensic work

• Compromised investigations

• Regulatory findings against agencies

• Loss of public trust

Traditional custody records are vulnerable to:

• Manual logs that can be edited

• Missing signatures

• Ambiguous timestamps

• Incomplete transfer records

• Unverifiable digital evidence

• System overwrites or gaps

• Insider tampering

• Inconsistent formats across agencies

Courts expect perfect custody.
Agencies often cannot prove it.

VCCR eliminates this gap by producing immutable, provable custody trails.

How VCCR™ Works

VCCR applies the Veritas Method to every movement, touchpoint, and event associated with an item or digital artifact:

1. Custody Event Acquisition
   Every transfer, intake, handoff, analysis step, storage action, or disposal event is recorded instantly.

2. Cryptographic Sealing
   Each custody event is sealed with timestamp, handler ID, location metadata, item identifier, and full provenance.

3. Immutable Anchoring
   Events are anchored to an unalterable ledger, preventing deletion, modification, or retroactive reconstruction.

4. Evidence Lineage Graph
   Each item forms a complete lineage chain from initial collection to final disposition.

5. Regulator & Court Verification
   Judges, auditors, and investigators can independently verify the authenticity and completeness of the custody chain.

The result is a legally defensible, mathematically certain chain of custody.

What VCCR™ Provides

For Law Enforcement & Forensics

• Guaranteed evidentiary integrity

• Tamper-proof custody records

• Transparent audit trails for investigators

• Reduced risk of suppression or evidentiary challenges

• Strengthened prosecutions

• Forensic reproducibility and accountability

For Courts and Legal Teams

• Independently verifiable custody validation

• Clear lineage for every handling event

• Elimination of gaps or ambiguities

• Confidence in digital and physical evidence

For Regulatory & Oversight Bodies

• Immutable, inspectable custody logs

• Protection against internal manipulation

• Modern compliance with chain-of-custody statutes

Ideal For

VCCR is engineered for institutions that require provable evidentiary handling:

• Law enforcement agencies

• Digital forensics labs

• Crime laboratories

• Prosecutor’s offices

• Regulatory investigators

• Corporate security and incident response teams

• Internal audit and fraud units

• Government archives

• Chain-of-custody-critical environments

Any environment where evidence must withstand legal scrutiny benefits from VCCR.

Regulatory Alignment

Legal & Judicial

• Rules of Evidence

• Case law on chain-of-custody standards

• Digital forensic admissibility requirements

Security & Governance

• NIST

• ISO 27037 (digital evidence handling)

• ISO 27001

• SOC 2

Public Sector & Investigations

• DOJ guidelines

• National/international forensic standards

• Oversight and integrity bodies

VCCR satisfies the increasing demand for verifiable custody logs in legal and regulatory settings.

Why VCCR™ Is Different

Conventional chain-of-custody systems record activity.
VCCR records truth.

In traditional systems:

• Logs can be edited

• Entries can be backfilled

• Records can be misplaced

• Digital evidence can be overwritten

• Handwritten forms lack verifiable lineage

• Custody data is only as trustworthy as the people entering it

In VCCR:

• Every custody event is immutable

• Every change is transparent

• Every actor is cryptographically accountable

• Every artifact has an independently verifiable history

• Every custody chain is unbreakable

This makes VCCR the first custody system designed for modern legal standards and digital evidence realities.

Message From the Founder

“Evidence loses its power when custody is uncertain.
VCCR ensures that every step, every transfer, and every decision is proven, immutable, and indefensible to tampering.
Courts expect truth — VCCR guarantees it.”

Ben Shaun Quinn-Reed
Founder, Veritas Labs