Trust Charter / Verification

Don't trust us. Verify.

Every commitment we publish is cryptographically signed. You can verify that the document you're reading is the document we published, unchanged, on the date we claimed.

This page contains our PGP public key, a list of signed documents, and instructions for independent verification.

01

PGP public key

Use this key to verify signed documents and to encrypt communications to our security team.

Key details

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5B61 9918 0EC8 D3E8 C6FA CBDE CB80 F375 407E 3B26
Algorithm
RSA 4096
Created
2026-04-08
Expires
2030-04-08
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-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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02

Signed documents

Each document below is published with a detached PGP signature. Download both files and verify with the instructions in section 03.

Trust Charter

Six commitments to every customer. Signed April 2026.

.md .asc

AI Ethics Policy

How we use AI in compliance work. Signed April 2026.

.md .asc

Auditor Independence Policy

No referral fees. No captive pools. Signed April 2026.

.md .asc

Download links will be added once documents are signed. Documents are also committed to our public GitHub repository with signed commits.

03

How to verify

Verification requires GnuPG (GPG), which is pre-installed on most Linux and macOS systems.

Step 1 — Import our public key

curl -sL https://equanimgrc.com/pgp-key.asc | gpg --import

Step 2 — Verify the fingerprint

gpg --fingerprint [email protected]

Compare the output with the fingerprint published above and on keys.openpgp.org.

Step 3 — Verify a signed document

gpg --verify trust-charter.md.asc trust-charter.md

A good signature confirms the document has not been modified since we signed it.

04

Security contact

To report a security vulnerability, contact us at [email protected]. Encrypt your message with the PGP key above if it contains sensitive details.

Our security disclosure policy follows security.txt (RFC 9116).