Globalised supply chains, widespread use of consumer-grade components (COTS), and complex multi-tier subcontracting all increase the risk of counterfeit, sub-standard or tampered parts entering deployed platforms. Without reliable provenance and traceability, a single faulty or unauthorised component can undermine system safety, mission success, and national security.

How Dust Works

• Nano-engineered Diamond Dust: DUST uses “quantum-engineered” nanodiamonds (with nitrogen-vacancy centres) embedded in a polymer coating or mark.
• Unclonable "fingerprint": The random distribution and orientation of thousands of nanodiamonds on the surface of an object creates a unique, unclonable fingerprint. This identity is effectively impossible to replicate or reverse-engineer.
• Minimal footprint, high durability: The tag can be applied even at very small scales (micro-components), and remains reliable even in harsh operational environments.
• Digital-physical binding: Each physical object marked with DUST is linked to a digital record — creating a “birth certificate” or provenance ledger for the item, enabling secure verification of authenticity, history, custodianship, and lifecycle metadata.
• Tamper-evident & resilient: Any tampering, replacement or unauthorised modification becomes evident — DUST provides much stronger guarantees than traditional anti-counterfeit methods (barcodes, RFIDs, stickers, serials).

What this means

Every part is clearly traceable from raw materials to finished assemblies, with each critical component—including micro-electronic parts—tagged and tracked individually. This creates comprehensive supply-chain accountability across defence platforms, secure communications gear, and border-security electronics, as DUST + Secure Bits ensures every item is both genuine and traceable.

The system provides end-to-end provenance and lifecycle visibility, maintaining a secure, auditable chain linking physical hardware to digital records throughout manufacture, storage, transport, deployment, and disposal. With Secure Bits' local manufacturing and secure coatings, sensitive programs remain fully within Australian jurisdiction, delivering sovereign security assurance ideal for Defence, national security, and sovereign supply-chain compliance.