Today, “digital compliance” does not just mean having policies and controls.
More and more often, it means being able to demonstrate, clearly and verifiably, data authenticity: how a digital piece of information was generated, handled, and preserved over time, especially when it becomes the subject of audits, inspections, disputes, or incident response.
This shift is clear in four references that, while different, converge on one point: digital trust must be measurable, verifiable, and defensible:
- NIS2: cyber resilience and documentable incident management;
- EU AI Act: governance, logging, and transparency in the use of artificial intelligence;
- eIDAS: trust services (timestamps, seals) and integrity recognized at EU level;
- CAITA (California AI Transparency Act): disclosure and detection and provenance tools for AI-generated content, especially synthetic media.
In this context, TrueScreen positions itself as a Data Authenticity Platform: a trust layer that helps organizations and professionals make digital content and data authentic, integral, traceable, and verifiable across critical workflows.
NIS2: cyber resilience and incident traceability
NIS2 strengthens the European framework for the security of network and information systems, including obligations on technical and organizational measures and on incident reporting.
In practice, this often translates into a very concrete need: during and after an incident, it is necessary to reconstruct what happened and what was done, with a coherent and controllable timeline.
In an incident response context, the quality of evidence makes the difference between:
- solid reconstructions, based on verifiable data;
- weak reconstructions, based on screenshots, exports, and notes that can be challenged because they lack a chain of custody.
How TrueScreen can support NIS2-aligned processes
TrueScreen acts as an evidence layer, turning any digital information into more verifiable and traceable content.
In practical terms, a data authenticity approach can support:
- data integrity through cryptographic fingerprints, making subsequent changes detectable;
- timestamping and digital sealing, useful when evidence must be anchored to a verifiable timeline;
- digital chain of custody to reconstruct steps, storage, and access to evidence;
- technical report usable in audits and inspections.
EU AI Act: governance, documentation, and transparency across the lifecycle
The EU AI Act introduces a risk-based approach, with cross-cutting obligations on governance, logging, and transparency.
A particularly relevant point for many sectors is Article 50, which introduces transparency obligations for synthetic content and deepfakes.
To learn more about this regulation, read our article: https://truescreen.io/it/eu-ai-act-trasparenza-contenuti-ai-prova-integrita-tracciabilita/
How TrueScreen supports the AI Act
Transparency is necessary, but in many contexts concrete proof is also needed: being able to demonstrate the integrity and provenance of content throughout its lifecycle.
This is where the difference becomes clear between:
- declared transparency: labels or disclosure
- verifiable transparency: demonstrable origin, integrity, and traceability
In particular, when content becomes critical or contested, it is useful to be able to rely on:
- interoperable outputs, for example human-readable reports (PDF) and machine-readable reports (JSON) for integrations;
- a “verifiable package” that includes original files, reports, and technical attestations (for example on timestamping and sealing), to make technical verification easier.
This approach is consistent with the direction of the AI Act: building a verifiable dossier, especially when content enters high-impact processes (official communications, contracts, customer operations, regulated processes).
CAITA (California AI Transparency Act): disclosure and detectability of AI-generated content
CAITA is a regulation designed to increase transparency around content generated or altered by AI systems, with particular attention to synthetic media.
CAITA suggests a global trend: it is not enough to “declare” that content is synthetic. Models are needed that make:
- repeatable and consistent disclosure;
- verifiable provenance;
- verification and auditability tools, useful for companies and authorities.
How TrueScreen aligns with this direction
The positioning of TrueScreen as a Data Authenticity Platform is consistent with the underlying need: shifting trust from easily lost metadata to verifiable evidence, with digital chain of custody, hashing, and structured reports.
eIDAS: trust services and cross-border legal trust
eIDAS is the EU framework for digital identity and trust services.
It is relevant from a digital compliance perspective because it introduces concepts such as timestamps and seals that strengthen verifiability and integrity over time, in a cross-border context.
For many organizations, eIDAS becomes the “bridge” between technical needs for integrity and traceability and reliability requirements in regulated contexts.
Pragmatically: it helps make the “when” and the “what” of a digital content item more robust, with mechanisms recognized within the EU perimeter.
TrueScreen: the trust layer across different regulations
Looking at NIS2, the AI Act, eIDAS, and CAITA together, a common need emerges: producing digital trust not only through statements, but also through verifiable elements.
This is where TrueScreen acts as a trust layer: an operational infrastructure for digital provenance and data authenticity that supports processes aligned with the regulatory direction, making it easier to:
- handle critical content as evidence;
- reduce disputes about versions, provenance, and integrity;
- produce interoperable technical documentation for audits, checks, and disputes.
FAQ: the most frequent questions about NIS2, the EU AI Act, eIDAS, and CAITA
In this section you will find concise answers to the most common questions about NIS2, the EU AI Act, eIDAS, and CAITA, and why data authenticity is relevant in digital compliance processes.
1) Is CAITA a European regulation?
No. CAITA is the California AI Transparency Act. However, it is an important indicator of a global trend toward transparency and verifiability of AI content.
2) Does NIS2 require only security controls or also evidence?
Beyond measures, it requires reporting capabilities and reliable incident reconstruction.
Without verifiable evidence, reconstruction becomes fragile and contestable.
3) In what sense is eIDAS relevant to data authenticity?
Because it provides a framework of trust services (such as timestamps and seals) that strengthen integrity and verifiability over time, especially in EU contexts.
4) What outputs does TrueScreen produce for verification?
In general, a verifiable package that includes the original files and technical reports (also in formats useful for integrations), to facilitate audits and verification.
Make your digital evidence indisputable
TrueScreen is a Data Authenticity Platform that helps companies and professionals protect, verify, and certify the origin, history, and integrity of any digital content, turning it into evidence with legal value.
