Data Chain of Custody

From satellite to courtroom — tamper-proof

Every piece of evidence follows an unbroken, cryptographically secured chain — from the moment a satellite captures your land to the document your lawyer presents in court.

4 Steps. Zero Gaps.

Our methodology ensures no link in the evidence chain can be questioned, tampered with, or dismissed.

01

Source Acquisition

ISRO Bhoonidhi & Planet Labs

Raw imagery sourced from government and commercial satellites with GPS-timestamped metadata and orbital telemetry. Every pixel is traceable to its origin pass, ensuring provenance from the moment of capture.

  • ISRO Bhoonidhi Portal — official government satellite data
  • Planet Labs — high-resolution commercial imagery
  • GPS-timestamped metadata for every frame
  • Orbital telemetry records for source verification
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02

Tamper-Proof Ingestion

SHA-256 Cryptographic Hashing

Every image is cryptographically hashed at the moment of ingestion. Any alteration — even a single pixel — breaks the hash chain, ensuring zero tampering from source to storage.

  • SHA-256 hash generated at point of ingestion
  • Immutable hash chain from source to storage
  • Any alteration instantly detectable
  • Cryptographic proof of data integrity
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03

AI Change Detection

ShieldNex Proprietary Engine

Temporal comparison algorithms identify construction activity, boundary shifts, and land-use changes with geo-referenced precision. Our proprietary engine flags anomalies before they become irreversible.

  • Temporal comparison across satellite passes
  • Construction and boundary shift detection
  • Land-use change classification
  • Geo-referenced precision mapping
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04

Court-Ready Evidence Pack

IT Act & Indian Evidence Act Compliant

Timestamped before/after imagery, change reports, and hash certificates packaged in a format accepted by Indian courts. Every document carries cryptographic proof of authenticity.

  • Timestamped before/after satellite imagery
  • Detailed change detection reports
  • SHA-256 hash certificates for each document
  • Format accepted by Indian courts under IT Act & Indian Evidence Act

DGCA Compliant Technology

ShieldNex technology is fully compliant with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) regulations. Our satellite imagery acquisition and processing pipelines adhere to all applicable Indian aviation and remote sensing guidelines, ensuring our data collection methods are legally authorized and operationally sound.

Legally Admissible Evidence

Our evidence packs are designed to meet the standards of Indian courts under existing legislation.

IT Act 2000

Section 65B certified electronic evidence with hash verification

Indian Evidence Act

Admissible documentary evidence with provenance chain

DGCA Compliant

All remote sensing operations within regulatory framework

Integrity Guarantee

Our chain of custody is designed so that no single party — including ShieldNex — can alter evidence without detection. The SHA-256 hash chain creates a mathematical guarantee: if even one bit changes, the entire chain breaks. This is the same standard used in banking and national security systems.