Anchor each piece of evidence collected during a forensic audit at the moment it is gathered, with access controls limiting it to authorized investigators. Built on Evidence Chain, Provenance Notary, and Audit Logs, the network maintains a chain of custody that withstands scrutiny if the matter proceeds to litigation.
Turn a collection of forensic documents into an unbroken, admissible chain of custody from the moment of seizure.
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Each document or data extract is hashed and anchored the instant it is collected, fixing its content and time so a defense cannot later argue it was altered after seizure.
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Every handoff between investigators is co-signed on-chain, so the Evidence Chain records an unbroken custody trail with no gap that could undermine admissibility.
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Only authorized investigators can view an exhibit, so sensitive evidence is protected from leakage while the forensic audit is live.
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The Provenance Notary binds each exhibit to its digest, so any change to a collected document breaks its hash and is immediately visible to opposing counsel and the court.
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The chain reconstructs the exact sequence of collection and custody, letting the investigation present a defensible timeline rather than a folder of undated files.
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The Audit Logs module produces a complete record of who collected, accessed, and handled each exhibit, ready to be tendered if the matter reaches litigation.
Follow a single exhibit from collection at the scene to sealed custody handoffs and courtroom-ready verification.
05:48:14
[SYS] Initializing Exhibit Custody Manifest...
05:48:14
[CMD] collectExhibit { case: "FR_2026_09", sha256: "0x7d1a" }
05:48:15
[AUTH] Verifying investigator credential INV_0x62...
05:48:15
[OK] Exhibit EXH_3391 anchored at collection.
Cerulea decomposes forensic evidence custody into modular contracts. Each layer anchors, transfers, gates, and verifies an exhibit without any single investigator controlling the chain.
Admissible evidence custody is a horizontal capability. Here is how different actors in a fraud investigation put the shared evidence chain to work.
Anchor every document at collection and co-sign each handoff, so the investigation carries an unbroken, tamper-evident chain of custody from day one.
Key Asset Types
Tender evidence with a verifiable custody trail, so admissibility is defended by a cryptographic record rather than contested affidavits about handling.
Key Asset Types
Run internal fraud probes with access-controlled evidence, protecting sensitive material from leakage while preserving an audit-ready record of every reviewer.
Key Asset Types
Whether you are ingesting extracts from enterprise forensic tools or capturing field collections from an investigator's device, Cerulea routes both into one evidence chain.
For teams on legacy forensic and e-discovery platforms. Collected artifacts are translated into signed on-chain exhibits through the API gateway automatically.
Forensic / eDiscovery Tool
Investigation Platform
Cerulea API Gateway
Exhibit Hashing & Signing
Cerulea Private Chain
Evidence Custody Ledger
For investigators collecting in the field. A wallet-signed app anchors each exhibit and handoff from a device and routes it directly to the ledger.
Field Capture App
Investigator Devices
Custody Validators
Chain Consensus
Cerulea Ledger
Sealed Evidence Record
Building a forensic evidence chain with collection-time anchoring, co-signed custody handoffs, and access-controlled exhibits from scratch requires specialised engineers and long forensic tooling integration cycles. Calculate your exact deployment speed using Cerulea.
Traditional Deployment
Solidity Coding & Audits
~ 13 Months
Visual Compilation
WASM Logical Artifacts
~ 4 Weeks
The legacy timeline reflects forensic tooling integration benchmarks. Wiring collection tools to a ledger, building custom custody handoff and access logic, and shipping a litigation-ready trail for an average investigation takes a baseline of 8 months. Building the same architecture on Cerulea takes a baseline of 2 weeks, because Cerulea Studio visually translates your custody and access rules into pre-audited WebAssembly binaries and provisions the evidence chain and verification layer instantly.