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<p class="caption" role="heading"><span class="caption-text">Contents</span></p>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="executive.html">1. Executive summary</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">2. What Verae provides — and what it does not</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#the-boundary">2.1. The boundary</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#the-tools">2.2. The tools</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#what-the-organization-must-still-do">2.3. What the organization must still do</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#why-the-distinction-matters-in-an-exam">2.4. Why the distinction matters in an exam</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">1. What Verae provides — and what it does not</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#the-boundary">1.1. The boundary</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#the-tools">1.2. The tools</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#what-the-organization-must-still-do">1.3. What the organization must still do</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#why-the-distinction-matters-in-an-exam">1.4. Why the distinction matters in an exam</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-in-transit.html">4. Secure communications — data in transit</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-at-rest.html">5. Encryption at rest — IPFS blocks and Peergos</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="timestamped-receipts.html">6. Global timestamped receipts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="peergos-eu-evaluations.html">7. Peergos security evaluations in Europe</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="global-timestamping.html">8. Verae global timestamping — a cross-blockchain receipt</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="iceberg-archive.html">9. Write-once Iceberg archive</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="architecture.html">10. Architecture for an audit interview</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="baa-dpa.html">11. BAAs, DPAs, and ciphertext without host keys</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="checklist.html">12. Audit-ready checklist</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="howto.html">13. How to use this briefing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-james-garfinkel.html">14. James H. Garfinkel</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-stuart-haber.html">15. Stuart Haber</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-george-lambert.html">16. George Lambert</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="contact.html">17. Verae Inc — contact</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="datacube-server.html">2. The Verae DataCube Server Solution</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-in-transit.html">3. Secure communications — data in transit</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-at-rest.html">4. Encryption at rest — IPFS blocks and Peergos</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="timestamped-receipts.html">5. Global timestamped receipts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="peergos-eu-evaluations.html">6. Peergos security evaluations in Europe</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="global-timestamping.html">7. Verae global timestamping — a cross-blockchain receipt</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="iceberg-archive.html">8. Write-once Iceberg archive</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="architecture.html">9. Architecture for an audit interview</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="baa-dpa.html">10. BAAs, DPAs, and ciphertext without host keys</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="checklist.html">11. Audit-ready checklist</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="howto.html">12. How to use this briefing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-james-garfinkel.html">13. James H. Garfinkel</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-stuart-haber.html">14. Stuart Haber</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-george-lambert.html">15. George Lambert</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="contact.html">16. Verae Inc — contact</a></li>
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<section id="what-verae-provides-and-what-it-does-not">
<h1><span class="section-number">2. </span>What Verae provides — and what it does not<a class="headerlink" href="#what-verae-provides-and-what-it-does-not" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<h1><span class="section-number">1. </span>What Verae provides — and what it does not<a class="headerlink" href="#what-verae-provides-and-what-it-does-not" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<section id="the-boundary">
<h2><span class="section-number">2.1. </span>The boundary<a class="headerlink" href="#the-boundary" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">1.1. </span>The boundary<a class="headerlink" href="#the-boundary" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Verae sells and operates <strong>software infrastructure</strong> and a
<strong>timestamping service</strong>. Customers use that infrastructure to store
objects, to send messages, to register hashes, to verify receipts,
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scope. Installing a DataCube does not create an ISMS.</p>
</section>
<section id="the-tools">
<h2><span class="section-number">2.2. </span>The tools<a class="headerlink" href="#the-tools" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">1.2. </span>The tools<a class="headerlink" href="#the-tools" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Within that boundary, the Verae DataCube Solution is built to make
the <strong>technical</strong> work of those programs less painful. Concretely,
it gives the organization the ability to:</p>
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payload.</p>
</section>
<section id="what-the-organization-must-still-do">
<h2><span class="section-number">2.3. </span>What the organization must still do<a class="headerlink" href="#what-the-organization-must-still-do" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">1.3. </span>What the organization must still do<a class="headerlink" href="#what-the-organization-must-still-do" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Those five verbs — store, communicate, timestamp, verify, audit
— are the technical portion. The rest of a certification or
attestation program is organizational:</p>
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not that a vendor has a nice architecture diagram.</p>
</section>
<section id="why-the-distinction-matters-in-an-exam">
<h2><span class="section-number">2.4. </span>Why the distinction matters in an exam<a class="headerlink" href="#why-the-distinction-matters-in-an-exam" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">1.4. </span>Why the distinction matters in an exam<a class="headerlink" href="#why-the-distinction-matters-in-an-exam" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Examiners are trained to notice category errors. If a firm says
“we are SOC 2 because our storage vendor was pentested in Berlin,”
the next hour of the meeting is spent unwinding that claim. If a