FleetFusion has launched SecureFusion, an open industry standard designed to verify whether commercial fleet video footage has been tampered with, using public blockchain technology to independently validate dashcam evidence.
The company said the new system is aimed at strengthening trust in video evidence used in insurance claims, court proceedings and regulatory investigations involving commercial vehicles.
“Fleet video is increasingly becoming the deciding factor in insurance claims, regulatory cases and court proceedings,” said Simon Marsh, CEO of FleetFusion. “But until now, there has been no neutral way for anyone outside the platform to confirm that a clip has or hasn’t been tampered with.”
SecureFusion works by creating a SHA-256 cryptographic hash of a video file immediately after it is uploaded to a compliant platform. That digital fingerprint is then anchored to both the XRP Ledger and the Bitcoin blockchain through the Open Timestamps protocol, creating what FleetFusion says is a permanent, independently verifiable audit trail.
According to the company, insurers, regulators, lawyers or fleet operators can independently verify whether footage has been modified without relying on the original telematics or video provider. A public verification portal allows users to upload a video hash locally through a browser without transmitting the actual video file.
The standard is being released as an open framework that can be adopted by telematics providers, camera manufacturers, insurers and fleet platforms.
“This solution only works effectively if it is open,” said Matt Redfearn, CTO of FleetFusion. “Having a standard implemented by the whole industry and that anyone can verify without permission is something a court can rely on.”
FleetFusion said the technology does not currently verify whether the original video capture itself is authentic, only that footage has not been altered after ingestion into a compliant platform. Hardware-level signing inside cameras is planned for a future version of the standard.
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