Glossary term
Media Forensics
Definition
Media forensics is the scientific analysis of audio, images, and video to establish authenticity, provenance, and evidence of manipulation. Techniques include metadata analysis, sensor-noise fingerprinting, compression-history examination, frequency-domain analysis, and (against generative AI) detection of the statistical artifacts synthesis models leave in their output.
Why it matters for financial institutions
Fraud, disputes, and investigations increasingly hinge on whether a piece of media is real: a submitted ID document, a recorded authorization call, video evidence in a dispute. Manual forensic examination is slow and scarce, while financial institutions need authenticity decisions at transaction speed and in bulk.
How FalsiFind addresses it
FalsiFind operationalizes media forensics as an API: automated multi-model analysis applies forensic techniques at transaction speed, and each result ships with a signed evidence bundle (timestamps, scores, methodology) that preserves forensic value for disputes, SAR filings, and examinations.