Verify every source: trusted media for defense and intelligence
The problem. Analysts make consequential calls on imagery and video pulled from open sources and the field. Adversaries flood those channels with synthetic media designed to mislead, and manual forensic review can't keep pace with the volume.
What it costs. A decision made on a convincing fake, or a real piece of evidence dismissed as a possible fake, can carry strategic and human costs that no after-the-fact correction undoes.
The fix: authentic capture and verification. Seal authenticity into media your teams collect, and verify inbound sources against their provenance. Genuine, unaltered media is confirmable; manipulated or origin-less media is flagged. The proof is independently verifiable and doesn't depend on any vendor. Industry-standard and independently verifiable.
What you can do today
- Verify inbound open-source media and surface anything altered, synthetic, or missing provenance.
- Sign collected field media so its origin and integrity are provable later, by any party.
- Maintain an independently checkable chain of custody from collection to assessment.
The job it does for analysts
You need to separate the real from the fabricated quickly, and stand behind the media you act on. Authentic capture gives you a trust signal at ingest and a durable, vendor-independent record of what was collected and whether it changed.
FAQ
Does this depend on a single vendor staying online? No. Verification is open and works offline, so the proof survives independently of Original Pictures.
Can it handle media we didn't capture? Inbound media is verified against whatever provenance it carries; media you collect can be signed at the point of capture or intake for the strongest record.
Related
Original Pictures provides content-provenance and integrity infrastructure. It verifies provenance signals and integrity relationships; it does not prove that a depicted event is true. Figures are drawn from public reporting; verify against primary sources before citing in regulated materials. Nothing here is legal advice.
Last verified 2026-06-02. Author: Mahdi Kazempour, Founder, Original Pictures.