The name
Dokimos comes from the Ancient Greek δόκιμος: what was put to a stated test, and held. This is the story of the name, and of the struck coin that carries it.
01 · The word
In Ancient Greek, dokimos described what had passed a test: a coin assayed and found true, a person examined and found fit. The word makes no promise about quality in general. It says that something was put to a stated test, and held.
02 · Why this name
I want to help compliance and DevSecOps teams meet many sets of requirements at once, and keep their due diligence in good order, without spreadsheets.
Most due-diligence work is collecting, checking and re-checking the same proof. That work should be automated: evidence pulled from where it already lives, validated once and reused across every framework. People then spend their time on what needs judgement.
Dokimos is that standard. Not a claim, but proof that has passed a stated test.
Eugene Fateev, founder
03 · The mark
Assaying coins is where the word comes from, so the mark is a struck coin. On its beam stands a temple pediment, whose triangle is the Δ of δόκιμος. Silver for the assay, a streak of gold for the touchstone, and patina green for what lasts.
A coin is brought to the assayer
It is drawn across the touchstone
Its streak is matched to needles of known purity
Found genuine: δόκιμος
Anatomy of the mark
See how Dokimos applies the same idea to your evidence.