How Blockchain is Bringing Authenticity Assurance
to Data Storage
As data becomes our new digital reality, maintaining data authenticity
becomes more than just a requirement: it has to be proven as well. Legal
documents in digital form can be digitally edited. How good is a data archive
if you can’t prove that the data that went in is the same data that comes out
years later. Listen in as Acronis experts talk about new blockchain
technology, how it authenticates that your data has not been tampered with,
and what this means for the future of data storage. Learn how Acronis is
making data authentication available to businesses worldwide.
HOW BLOCKCHAIN IS BRINGING
AUTHENTICITY ASSURANCE TO
DATA STORAGE
Jan-Jaap Jager, SVP & GM Acronis Global Cloud Solutions & Sales
What people think Blockchain is?
A conspiracy theory to spy
on all the world’s data?
A plan to bring down the
banking industry?
Is it a synonym for bitcoin?
View of one of America’s largest bitcoin farms in operation
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What Blockchain actually is?
“A technology that allows secure,
distributed, immutable
transactions to happen”
Transactions are like signatures
Private key used to sign transactions,
with mathematical proof of ownership
The mining process
Distributed consensus system used
confirm transactions by including proof
of work in the blockchain
BitFury’s two-phase immersion cooling system for blockchain miner
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Changing various industries worldwide
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What is Acronis doing about it? (1/2)
Acronis Notary™
1st consumer application of
Blockchain to prove a file is
authentic and unchanged
since it was backed up
• Public secure Blockchain
ledger proves file authenticity
• Backup allows recovery of
original document
• Mathematical assurance that
content of a file is the originally
backed up
Blockchain mining operation
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What is Acronis doing about it? (2/2)
Acronis ASign™
No need for a separate backup for documents
signed electronically:
1. Important documents are already protected and stored in
the backup
2. Send the document for electronic signatures directly from
the backup and keep the original certified copy
3. Get all of the signed documents into a backup with a
complete audit trail
Blockchain mining operation
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But that’s just the beginning!
Case study: Service Provider in Japan
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Blockchain can be used in many
different ways
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We are working on blockchain security
and protection for storage, file sync and
share, monitoring, and more
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The concept: a cloud-based video
surveillance platform
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All imagery is cloud-hosted by the SP,
driving data consumption
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All content guaranteed by blockchain date, time and authenticity are verifiable
Let’s discuss how to keep pushing the
boundaries of the Data Protection and
Hosting industries
Come visit us at booth S20
Blockchain mining operation
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New Generation Data Protection
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