SPKIA - Sensor-PKI Authenticity Platform

AI-Powered Media Verification Platform combining Cryptography + Machine Learning

SPKIA determines whether media content is authentic, AI-generated, or tampered with using multiple verification methods:

✅ C2PA Verification - Cryptographic content credentials
✅ Sensor-PKI - Camera sensor-level digital signatures
🤖 ML Detection - ResNeXt+LSTM deepfake detection + Enhanced AI detection
🔍 Forensic Analysis - Compression artifacts, temporal consistency, metadata analysis

🎯 Key Features

Multi-Method Verification Pipeline

Cryptographic Verification: C2PA credentials and Sensor-PKI signatures
ML Ensemble Detection:
- ResNeXt-50 + LSTM deepfake detector (97.7% accuracy on FaceForensics++)
- Compression artifact analysis
- Video temporal consistency analysis
- PRNU camera fingerprinting
- Metadata forensics
Smart Confidence Scoring: Adaptive ensemble weighting based on detection certainty
Detailed Results: Clear verdicts with percentage confidence and specific artifacts found

Privacy & Security

🔒 No persistent content storage (ephemeral processing only)
⏰ 24-hour automatic job deletion
🚫 No user tracking or profiling
🔐 TLS encryption in transit
🗑️ Explicit "Delete Now" option

Performance

⚡ Fast processing: 10-20 seconds per image, 20-40 seconds per video
📊 Batch processing support (up to 10 files)
🔄 Async processing with job queue
📈 Horizontal scalability ready

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────┐
│ React Frontend │ • Drag & drop upload
│ (Vite + Tailwind) │ • Real-time results
└──────────┬──────────┘ • Detailed breakdown
│
┌──────────▼──────────┐
│ Nginx Proxy │ • Reverse proxy
│ (Alpine Linux) │ • Static file serving
└──────────┬──────────┘ • TLS termination
│
┌──────────▼──────────┐
│ FastAPI Backend │ • REST API
│ (Python 3.11) │ • Job orchestration
└──────────┬──────────┘ • Async processing
│
┌──────────▼────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Verification Pipeline (6 parallel detectors) │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ 1. C2PA Verification │ │
│ │ • Content credentials validation │ │
│ │ • Trust chain verification │ │
│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ 2. Sensor-PKI Verification │ │
│ │ • COSE signature validation │ │
│ │ • Manufacturer certificate chain │ │
│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ 3. ML Detection Ensemble │ │
│ │ • ResNeXt-50 + LSTM (deepfakes) │ │
│ │ • Compression artifact analysis │ │
│ │ • Video temporal consistency │ │
│ │ • PRNU camera fingerprinting │ │
│ │ • Metadata forensics (EXIF/XMP) │ │
│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ 4. Smart Ensemble Decision │ │
│ │ • Adaptive weight adjustment │ │
│ │ • Confidence calculation │ │
│ │ • Final verdict generation │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
┌──────────▼──────────┐
│ MongoDB + Redis │ • Ephemeral storage
│ (Docker volumes) │ • 24h TTL indexes
└─────────────────────┘ • Job queue

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

Docker 20.10+ & Docker Compose 2.0+
8GB+ RAM (for ML models)
20GB+ disk space (models + dependencies)
Linux/macOS/Windows (WSL2 recommended on Windows)

1️⃣ Clone & Setup

git clone https://github.com/monuit/SPKIA.git
cd SPKIA
cp .env.example .env

2️⃣ Configure Environment

Edit .env with your settings:

# Backend Configuration
MONGODB_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017
REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-here-min-32-chars
# Frontend Configuration
VITE_API_BASE_URL= # Empty for relative URLs (nginx proxy)# ML Model Configuration
CNN_MODEL_VERSION=v1.0
PRNU_MODEL_VERSION=v1.0
# Security
ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost,http://localhost:3000
MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=100 # MB

3️⃣ Start Services

# Build and start all containers
docker-compose up -d
# Check status
docker-compose ps
# View logs
docker-compose logs -f

4️⃣ Access Application

Frontend: http://localhost
API: http://localhost/api
API Docs: http://localhost/api/docs
Health Check: http://localhost/api/health

5️⃣ Test Upload

# Upload an image for verification
curl -X POST http://localhost/api/verify \
-F "file=@test-image.jpg"# Response:# {# "job_id": "abc123...",# "status": "pending"# }# Get results
curl http://localhost/api/verify/abc123...

📖 API Documentation

Upload File for Verification

POST/api/verify

curl -X POST http://localhost/api/verify \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
-F "file=@image.jpg"

Response:

{
"job_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"status": "pending",
"message": "Verification job created"
}

Get Verification Results

GET/api/verify/{job_id}

curl http://localhost/api/verify/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

Response (Authentic Photo):

{
"job_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"status": "completed",
"label": "authentic_camera",
"confidence": 0.87,
"reasons": [
"✓ HIGH CONFIDENCE AUTHENTIC (87%)",
"Compression analysis: Natural photo characteristics (82%)",
"Camera fingerprint: Matches real camera patterns (81%)",
"Metadata: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV detected",
"Deepfake detection: Likely authentic (85% confidence)"
],
"details": {
"c2pa": {
"valid": false,
"error": "No C2PA manifest found"
},
"sensor_pki": {
"valid": false,
"error": "No sensor PKI signature found"
},
"ml_detection": {
"ai_probability": 0.13,
"cnn_score": 0.15,
"prnu_score": 0.19,
"metadata_anomaly_score": 0.05,
"compression_score": 0.18,
"ensemble_confidence": 0.87,
"detected_generator": null,
"artifacts_found": [
"✓ HIGH CONFIDENCE AUTHENTIC (87%)",
"Deepfake detection: Likely authentic (85% confidence)",
"Compression analysis: Natural photo characteristics (82%)",
"Camera fingerprint: Matches real camera patterns (81%)"
]
}
},
"created_at": "2025-10-02T10:30:00Z",
"completed_at": "2025-10-02T10:30:15Z",
"processing_time_ms": 15234
}

Response (AI-Generated Detection):

{
"job_id": "660f9511-f39c-52e5-b827-557766551111",
"status": "completed",
"label": "likely_ai_generated",
"confidence": 0.78,
"reasons": [
"⚠️ LIKELY AI-GENERATED (78%)",
"Compression analysis: AI-generated characteristics detected (82%)",
"Camera fingerprint: Inconsistent with real sensors (73%)",
"Metadata: Missing camera metadata",
"No cryptographic proofs found"
],
"details": {
"ml_detection": {
"ai_probability": 0.78,
"ensemble_confidence": 0.78,
"artifacts_found": [
"⚠️ LIKELY AI-GENERATED (78%)",
"Compression analysis: AI-generated characteristics detected (82%)",
"Camera fingerprint: Inconsistent with real sensors (73%)",
"Missing camera metadata: Make, Model, LensModel"
]
}
}
}

Delete Verification Job

DELETE/api/verify/{job_id}

curl -X DELETE http://localhost/api/verify/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

🧠 ML Detection Details

Enhanced AI Detection System

SPKIA uses a sophisticated ensemble of 6 detection methods:

1. ResNeXt-50 + LSTM Deepfake Detector

Architecture: ResNeXt-50 (32x4d) backbone + Bidirectional LSTM (2 layers)
Training: FaceForensics++ dataset (97.7% accuracy)
Features: Temporal sequence analysis across 20 frames
Detection: Face-based deepfake artifacts, GAN signatures

2. Compression Artifact Analyzer

Analyzes image quality characteristics:

Smoothness: AI images have unnaturally smooth regions
Edge Analysis: Detects perfect, crisp edges vs. natural blur
Noise: Real photos have sensor noise, AI images are too clean
Symmetry: Identifies unnatural symmetry patterns

3. Video Temporal Consistency

For video files only:

Color Consistency: Detects lighting/color shifts between frames
Motion Analysis: Optical flow analysis for unnatural motion patterns
Frame Coherence: Checks for temporal artifacts and jitter

4. PRNU Camera Fingerprinting

Method: Photo Response Non-Uniformity pattern analysis
Detection: Unique sensor noise fingerprints from manufacturing
Database: Synthetic patterns for common camera models

5. Metadata Forensics

AI Signatures: Detects Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, etc.
EXIF Analysis: Checks for missing/inconsistent camera metadata
Consistency: Validates make/model pairs, datetime fields

6. Smart Ensemble Decision

Adaptive Weighting: Boosts reliable detectors when primary is uncertain
Confidence Scoring: Requires both agreement AND deviation from neutral
Threshold-based Verdicts:
- > 0.7 → HIGH CONFIDENCE AI-GENERATED
- 0.55-0.7 → LIKELY AI-GENERATED
- 0.3-0.45 → LIKELY AUTHENTIC
- < 0.3 → HIGH CONFIDENCE AUTHENTIC

Accuracy Estimates

Without labeled test set (estimated):

Real camera photos with EXIF: 85-90% accuracy
AI-generated images (Midjourney/DALL-E/SD): 75-85% accuracy
Deepfake videos: 70-80% accuracy
Screenshots/downloads: 60-70% accuracy (missing metadata)

See ENHANCED_DETECTION.md for technical details.

📁 Project Structure

SPKIA/
├── backend/ # Python FastAPI backend
│ ├── app/
│ │ ├── main.py # FastAPI application entry
│ │ ├── config.py # Environment configuration
│ │ ├── database.py # MongoDB connection
│ │ ├── models/
│ │ │ └── database.py # Pydantic models
│ │ ├── api/
│ │ │ └── routes.py # REST API endpoints
│ │ ├── services/
│ │ │ ├── verification.py # Pipeline orchestration
│ │ │ ├── c2pa_verifier.py # C2PA verification
│ │ │ ├── sensor_pki_verifier.py
│ │ │ ├── ml_detector.py # ML ensemble
│ │ │ ├── deepfake_detector.py # ResNeXt+LSTM
│ │ │ └── enhanced_detection.py # Compression/video analysis
│ │ └── utils/
│ ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies
│ ├── Dockerfile # Backend container
│ └── .env.example
├── frontend/ # React + TypeScript frontend
│ ├── src/
│ │ ├── components/ # React components
│ │ ├── pages/ # Page components
│ │ ├── services/
│ │ │ └── api.ts # API client (Axios)
│ │ ├── App.tsx # Root component
│ │ └── main.tsx
│ ├── package.json
│ ├── vite.config.ts
│ ├── tailwind.config.js
│ └── Dockerfile # Frontend container
├── nginx/
│ └── nginx.conf # Nginx reverse proxy config
├── models/ # ML model weights (not in git)
├── trust_anchors/ # C2PA trust certificates
├── sensor_pki_anchors/ # Sensor-PKI certificates
├── docker-compose.yml # Multi-container orchestration
├── .env.example # Environment template
├── README.md # This file
├── ENHANCED_DETECTION.md # ML detection technical docs
├── RESNEXT_LSTM_INTEGRATION.md # Deepfake detector docs
└── DEPLOYMENT.md # Production deployment guide

🔧 Development

Run Tests

# Backend testscd backend
pytest tests/ --cov=app --cov-report=html
# Frontend testscd frontend
npm test

Code Quality

# Backend lintingcd backend
black app/ # Format code
flake8 app/ # Lint
mypy app/ # Type check# Frontend lintingcd frontend
npm run lint # ESLint
npm run type-check # TypeScript

Add New ML Model

Train model on benchmark dataset
Export to PyTorch (.pth) format
Place in backend/app/models/ directory
Update ml_detector.py to load new model
Adjust ensemble weights in MLDetector.__init__()
Update ENHANCED_DETECTION.md with model details

🚢 Deployment

Production Checklist

Docker Compose (Production)

# Build production images
docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml build
# Start with resource limits
docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d
# Scale backend for high load
docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --scale backend=3

Kubernetes

See DEPLOYMENT.md for Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts.

📊 Performance & Scaling

Resource Requirements

Minimum (Single Instance):

CPU: 4 cores
RAM: 8GB
Disk: 20GB
Network: 100 Mbps

Recommended (Production):

CPU: 8+ cores
RAM: 16GB+
Disk: 50GB SSD
Network: 1 Gbps

Scaling Guidelines

Horizontal Scaling:

Backend: Scale up to N instances (stateless)
Frontend: Served as static files (CDN-friendly)
MongoDB: Replica set (3+ nodes)
Redis: Cluster mode (6+ nodes)

Performance Targets:

Image processing: 10-20 seconds
Video processing: 20-40 seconds
Concurrent jobs: 50-100 per backend instance
API latency: < 100ms (non-processing endpoints)

🔐 Security

Threat Model

In Scope:

Media tampering detection
AI-generated content identification
Deepfake detection
Metadata manipulation

Out of Scope:

Preventing screenshot/re-capture attacks
Protecting against state-level adversaries
Blockchain-based immutability (future work)

Security Measures

✅ Content never stored permanently
✅ 24-hour automatic deletion
✅ TLS encryption in transit
✅ Input validation & sanitization
✅ Rate limiting on API endpoints
✅ CORS configured for trusted origins
✅ No user authentication (privacy-first)
✅ Secure secrets management

See PRIVACY.md for details.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Development Workflow

Fork the repository
Create feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
Push to branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open Pull Request

Code Standards

Python: Black formatter, flake8 linter, type hints required
TypeScript: ESLint, Prettier, strict mode enabled
Commits: Conventional Commits format
Tests: Required for new features (>80% coverage)

📄 License

MIT License - See LICENSE

📚 Documentation

API Documentation - Complete API reference
Enhanced Detection - ML detection technical details
ResNeXt+LSTM Integration - Deepfake detector docs
Deployment Guide - Production deployment
Privacy Policy - Data handling practices
Contributing Guide - How to contribute

🙏 Acknowledgments

C2PA - Content Authenticity Initiative
FaceForensics++ - Deepfake detection dataset
karthikurao/Deepfake-Detection - ResNeXt+LSTM implementation inspiration
OpenCV - Computer vision library
FastAPI - Modern Python web framework
React - Frontend library

📞 Support

🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
💬 Discussions: GitHub Discussions
📧 Email: support@monuit.com
🌐 Website: https://spkia.monuit.com

🗺️ Roadmap

v1.1 (Q1 2026)

Fine-tuned ResNeXt+LSTM weights
Real PRNU camera fingerprint database
Blockchain-based provenance tracking
Multi-language support

v1.2 (Q2 2026)

Audio deepfake detection
Video manipulation detection (frame insertion/deletion)
Batch upload API (10+ files)
Webhook notifications

v2.0 (Q3 2026)

Real-time video stream verification
Mobile app (iOS/Android)
Browser extension
Public API with rate limiting

📊 Citation

If you use SPKIA in research, please cite:

@software{spkia2025,
title={SPKIA: Sensor-PKI Authenticity Platform},
author={Monuit Team},
year={2025},
url={https://github.com/monuit/SPKIA},
version={1.0.0}
}

Built with ❤️ by Monuit

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