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Learn why Swiss universities are turning to blockchain to fight the growing problem of fake diplomas.
How can we be sure if a diploma is real or fake? Forged diplomas can be bought online with just a few clicks for a ridiculously low price. Searching “fake diplomas” via Google leads to over 24 million search results. The problem is much bigger than one may think. Dr. George Brown, in the context of a UNESCO study, estimated that worldwide, 30% of senior executives present qualifications they do not hold.
In order to tackle this problem, the Swiss blockchain specialist Certification has teamed up with SWITCH, which was founded by the major Swiss higher education institutions to foster new technology within the Swiss academic community. Together, Certification and SWITCH developed an easy-to-use SaaS solution, which enables universities to protect their diplomas from fraud by signing the document’s cryptographic fingerprint (hash) on +7’000 Ethereum blockchain nodes. As a consequence, anyone in possession of the diploma is empowered to verify its authenticity within seconds 7/24, instead of going through a complicated verification process, which can take up to two weeks.The solution takes European and Swiss data protection requirements such as GDPR and FADP into account as these requirements have top priority since day one. No diploma leaves the local environment of a university, neither for signing nor verifying, so that no sensitive information is uploaded to the cloud.
During this webinar we
- Present some facts and figures about fake diplomas
- Give a live demo how Swiss universities protect their diplomas on the blockchain
- Showcase the benefits of such a solution for the different stakeholders
Speakers
Manuel Gall
Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer at Certifaction
The Swiss software company Certifaction has the mission to bring back trust by making documents such as diplomas, credit reports, medical certificates and financial propsectuses, tamper-proof and instantly verifiable on the blockchain.
Robert Ott
Project Manager Technical Lead at SWITCH
SWITCH is a Swiss foundation managing the .ch and .li country-code top-level domains for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, respectively. As the Swiss national research and education network organisation, SWITCH also manages the educational networks among Swiss universities and research facilities, and the links to other (non Swiss) university networks.
Andri Puorger
Enterprise Channel Manager for the Swiss Education Sector at Microsoft
Microsoft is the leading platform and productivity company with a mission to empower every person and organization on the planet. Microsoft Schweiz GmbH is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (Redmond USA). Since the establishment of the subsidiary in 1989, the national company has developed into a typical Swiss SME with 620 employees. Microsoft Switzerland is closely linked to the country’s economic and political institutions and maintains active social dialogue on innovation, security and education.
