The Digital Integrity handbook and guide series
The library translates the standards ecosystem into practical guidance for implementers, investigators, legal practitioners, policymakers, and educators.
Digital Integrity Handbook
A structured overview of the discipline. The primary orientation document for decision-makers, new adopters, and readers seeking a complete view of the framework.
Implementation Playbook
A deployment guide for technical and organizational adoption. It covers control implementation, maturity assessment, and operational readiness.
Admissibility Playbook
Legal procedures for admitting or challenging synthetic media evidence in proceedings. It covers authentication standards, chain-of-custody, and judicial guidance.
Litigation Response Playbook
Operational procedures for organizations facing litigation involving digital evidence, from preservation through expert testimony.
Litigation Playbook
A litigation toolkit covering case strategy, evidence submission, expert engagement, and cross-jurisdictional considerations.
Sector Implementation Guides
Sector-specific deployment guides for finance, justice, media, government, and election contexts. Each provides the path from standards to operations.
Research Compendium
Maps research domains, open problems, benchmark infrastructure, dataset standards, and the global maturity index methodology.
Alliance & Engagement Guide
Guidance for organizations joining the ecosystem, participating in working groups, pursuing certification, and contributing to standards development.
Who uses the library
- Policy leaders and executives needing a complete discipline overview
- Legal practitioners handling evidence authentication and admissibility
- Practitioners running detection, verification, or incident response operations
- Enterprises building internal digital integrity programs
- Media, platform, and election teams implementing sector-specific controls
- Researchers, educators, and standards contributors
How the library complements the standards
Standards define requirements, models, and structures. Handbooks and playbooks show how to interpret them, operationalize them, apply them in legal and technical contexts, and adapt them to operational conditions. Together they constitute a usable discipline rather than an abstract framework.
The library draws directly from the formal standards in DI-200 through DI-800. Every playbook and guide is grounded in the normative baseline of the framework.
Suggested reading pathway
OrientationStart with the Handbook
Begin with the Digital Integrity Handbook, which sets out the scope, structure, and rationale of the discipline, before proceeding to the operational guides.
OperationsImplementation + Incident Response
Use the Implementation Playbook to plan deployment, then consult the sector-specific guides for the relevant operational context.
Legal practiceAdmissibility + Litigation Playbooks
Legal practitioners should begin with the Admissibility Playbook, then proceed to the Litigation Response and Litigation Playbooks as appropriate to their role in proceedings.
Research and policyResearch Compendium + Alliance Guide
Researchers and policy actors should consult the Research Compendium for domain mapping, and the Alliance Guide for engagement pathways.