integritu

Integritu is a conceptual framework used to describe and guide the preservation of information integrity across complex digital systems. It brings together ideas from data integrity, provenance, cryptography, and governance to support end-to-end verifiability and accountability in heterogeneous environments such as cloud, on-premises, and edge computing.

The term is a neologism derived from integrity, with phonetic emphasis suggesting a comprehensive, system-wide robustness. It is not an officially codified standard but appears in scholarly articles, industry white papers, and vendor discussions as a synthesis of best practices for data and process integrity.

Core principles include verifiability (the ability to prove that data has not been altered), provenance (traceable origin and history of data), tamper-evidence (mechanisms to detect unauthorized changes), resilience (recoverability under failures), and accountability (clear responsibility for data handling).

Applications span data pipelines, supply chains, healthcare records, financial transactions, and IoT networks, where maintaining trust in data and processes is critical. Implementations often rely on cryptographic hashes, digital signatures, immutable ledgers, and robust access controls, along with governance and auditing practices.

Integritu intersects with established standards on data governance and information security, including ISO/IEC 27001, NIST guidelines, and data provenance models. It is subject to debate regarding added complexity and performance trade-offs, but it is used as a conceptual target for organizations aiming to improve transparency and trust in digital systems.