2. 1. The Problem
2. The Options
3. What We Recommend
4. Conclusion
C O N T E N T S
3. • Protecting your certificates is expensive and difficult
• Counterfeiting is becoming increasingly prevalent
T H E P R O B L E M
4. Theology degree scam in South
Africa.
53 colleges were found by the
Department of Higher Education to
be providing illegitimate
qualifications – 21 of these colleges
were from the religious sector.
Investigators revealed Calvary
University was not a recognised
degree awarding institution.
(News24 28 January 2016)
C A S E S T U D Y
5. Delhi Law Minister arrested in
fake degree case.
Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar
was arrested in connection with the
ongoing row over the authenticity of
his academic degree. He had been
booked under Sections pertaining to
cheating and fraud after a university
from Bhagalpur submitted to a city
court that he was not on its student
rolls despite having a degree
seemingly issued by it.
C A S E S T U D Y
6. Why pay $10,000 for an
education when I can buy a
qualification for $500?
T H E P R O B L E M
7. Make it as easy as possible for you
to increase certificate security
H O W C A N W E
H E L P Y O U ?
Help make the certificate be proof
of an education as opposed to a
qualification that can be bought
8. S E C U R E
B A S E S T O C K
Designs are created using
sophisticated design computer
software.
Watermarked paper with threads
and invisible UV fibers, Solvent
Sensitive Inks, Guilloche Security
Designs, Holograms and Anti-copy
Features are just some of the
security we incorporate into our
designs.
9. S E C U R E
P E R S O N A L I S A T I O N
Personalising the unique candidate
data in the background of the
certificate quickly and simply
increases the security of certificates
using high security embedding
technology – similar to passport
personalisation.
10. Personal data is embedded as micro text into the
background tint
11. V A L I D A T I O N
A 2-D encrypted datamatrix barcode
is personalised on the Certificate at
the same time that the award criteria
is printed on the Certificate.
Decryption software and barcode
scanner can be supplied as
standalone verification tools.
12. S E C U R E
P R I N T E R S
Should have key locks on the paper
trays to prevent pilferage of
basestock Transcripts.
Additionally, special UV fluorescent
toner is used that is not
commercially available. This
ensures that any fraudulent
alteration can be quickly identified
using a UV torch.
13. C H A L L E N G E S
Your staff removed from their jobs
to complete the printing process
Wastage of basestock through
machine miss feeds, jams and
breakdowns
Consolidation and packing process
requires more staff
ALL OF WHICH COSTS
YOU MONEY!
Processing data from various
schools/centres
14. Y O U A R E I N
T H E B U S I N E S S
O F E D U C A T I N G
Is your staffs’ time better served
educating the leaders of the
future?
15. Help you
FOCUS ON EDUCATION
Help you
PROTECT THE VALUE OF
EDUCATION
W H A T W E
R E C O M M E N D
16.
17. K E Y F E A T U R E S
A unique web portal making
implementing greater levels of
security easier than ever before
Flexible ways of personalising,
proofing, printing and distributing
Certificates and Transcripts
Offering Examination and Awarding
Bodies increased protection
against potential forgery in today’s
rapidly changing education sector
All actions can be carried out
remotely for complete flexibility
and convenience
18. Demonstrates our continued ability and determination to provide
even greater levels of security on these very valuable documents
19. 1 D A T A U P L O A D
The security features are applied to
the certificate by uploading a data
file containing the candidate data,
such as name, date of birth, photo
and examination results.
The portal then generates the
personalised PDF certificates,
using the data contained within the
file.
20. 2 H I G H
S E C U R I T Y
D I G I T A L
P E R S O N A L I T I O N
Now for the clever bit…
The personal data is also
embedded into the image
structure of the certificate, making
the data highly visible and an
integral part of the PDF. This makes
it very difficult to amend using image
manipulation software such as
Photoshop.
At the same time, an encrypted
barcode is added which links the
certificate to the data. This allows
anyone to quickly check the
certificate for fraudulent activity,
using a handheld scanner and
decryption software.
21. 3 A P P R O V A L
Because the designated
Administrator of the Ecertsecure
portal has visibility of the process
at all times, they retain control
of the approval procedure.
After reviewing the proofs of the
certificates in PDF format on-
screen, the certificates can be
approved and submitted for
print; or if amends are needed
the data can be edited and re-
submitted for reprocessing.
22. 4 P R I N T A N D
D I S T R I B U T I O N
The flexibility that Ecertsecure
offers means that you have two
options for the print and distribution
of your certificates once you have
approved them on-screen.
Using your own printers you can
print the certificates directly onto
your existing certificate paper.
Ecertsecure works with the
equipment you have already so you
don’t have to buy anything extra
from us in order to produce secure
certificates.
23. 4 P R I N T A N D
D I S T R I B U T I O N
The second option is to use the
portal to instruct Ecertsecure to
print the approved certificates onto
secure paper at our premises and
then have them delivered either
back to you for distribution or
directly to the individual recipients
in tamper evident bags.
A full range of accessories such as
secure printers, printer cartridges,
document validation devices,
secure certificate paper and tamper
evident bags are available from
Smith & Ouzman.
24. S O L U T I O N
Please contact us to arrange for a
demonstration to find out how
Ecertsecure can benefit your
institution and your students.
Ecertsecure will help you increase
productivity, reduce your costs
and above all maintain high levels
of security.
25. Together we can better protect your future.
C O N C L U S I O N
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