A Japanese automotive safety company has become the most prominent customer for an Estonian company that offers a digital timestamping service.

Crew Systems will be using the Estonian GuardTime technology in its car security systems.

“Crew Systems manufactures car security systems that use video camera and GPS to track the car's movements and what is going on inside the car," said GuardTime Estonia director Raul Vahisalu. The system gathers data to help companies make their fleet of cars more efficient and provides video evidence that can be used by claims adjusters and in other investigations.

"The data will be sent from car to cloud-based server where a GuardTime timestamp is added, making the data secure, fraud-proof and even admissible in court," said Vahisalu.
 
GuardTime will be seen mainly in products used by large companies such as construction and logistics firms, waste handling companies and taxi operators. Crew Systems manufactures about 10,000 security systems each year.

GuardTime uses a proprietary encryption technology based in part on a public key published in local and international business dailies. One of the top four Estonian banks is a customer.

17 November 2011