Fraud Alert: Blockchain to fight counterfeiting and fraud of educational degrees and certifications

Fraud Alert: Blockchain to fight counterfeiting and fraud of educational degrees and certifications

 

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The falsification of professional experiences and CV is very widespread damage nowadays.

 

The educational environment has grown exponentially in recent years. Digitization has not only changed the scenario as we knew it but it has also been accompanied by an opening to a greater offer of degrees, courses, and certifications.

 

In this sense, a serious problem has also been added in the sector. The falsification of professional experiences and CV is very widespread damage nowadays. That is why, in the search to avoid and prosecute fraud, new technologies, such as blockchain, have become the best ally to combat them.

 

"Blockchain technology guarantees the immutability of any data. That is, it prevents the information from being modified or deleted. Furthermore, thanks to the traceability and encryption of the data we can be 100% sure that the title is issued by the school that uses the platform and to whom exactly that title has been issued. Fraud Alert - This disables the possibility of copying, also allowing immediate and easy verification by third parties ", says Luis Carbajo, CEO of Vottun.

 

The start-up Vottun has developed a platform for training and educational centres to certify the skills acquired by their students in their face-to-face or online courses and programs. Certtun, which is how the project has been called, achieves that these certifications are carried out by creating digital credentials that can be titles, diplomas, certificates, or "recognitions", which are registered in the blockchain associated with each student and are non-falsifiable.

 

The solution is among the top five in the world for issuing educational digital badges.

 

Certtun technology does not hinder the certificate issuance process

How certain merges with the educational centre system to issue certifications are very simple and do not change its operations. Fraud Alert - The school defines on the platform or automatically with its management system, which students and which certificates have to be issued and is in charge of all the registration in the blockchain and the generation of the students' digital wallets.

 

Along these lines, blockchain technology allows the creation of 'smart contracts that manage the properties of the issued certificate and allow additional functionalities such as, for example, including an expiration date for it.

 

Furthermore, customers only pay for their use of the tool. "If they do not issue, they do not receive any charges from Certtun. In the same way, the more it is used the cheaper it is since we apply volume discounts", highlights Luis Carbajo who aspires to extend the use of his technology in most of the world.

 

Education sector

 

It is a matter of time before the Public Administration joins the change

 

The platform has already been included in organizations in different countries of the world, such as The World Bank, ITBA Argentina, EADA Business School, BCN Activa, or W Startup C that are using it with excellent results for very diverse purposes, ranging from the creation of certificates to the motivation of its employees by issuing badges or recognitions.

However, the use of this trend in Public Administration and Education will be a separate task. Fraud Alert - From Certtun they agree that although they will not be the first to join this trend, after seeing the results that will be obtained in other centres of reference worldwide, they will also opt for this type of solutions.

 

"It is a challenge to implement very innovative solutions in public centres, basically because they depend on the Public Administration and the incorporation of our solution is a decision that does not depend on them. Fraud Alerts - Even so, it must be borne in mind that our solution not only helps to digitize and facilitate administrative tasks but also helps to avoid fraud and damage the image of the centre, generating added value for the student ", concludes Luis Carbajo.