Article: Secure digital academic certificate verification system using blockchain Journal: International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS) 2024 Vol.24 No.3/4 pp.236 - 257 Abstract: At present, there is a need for an authentic and fast approach to certificate verification. Which verifies and authenticates the certificates to reduce the extent of duplicity and time. An academic certificate is significant for students, the government, universities, and employers. Academic credentials play a vital role in the career of students. A few people manipulate academic documents for their benefit. There are cases identified where people produced fake academic certificates for jobs or higher education admission. Various research works are developing a secure model to verify genuine academic credentials. This research article proposed a new security model which contains several security algorithms such as timestamps, hash function, digital signature, steganography, and blockchain. The proposed model issues secure digital academic certificates. It enhanced security measures and automated educational certificate verification using blockchain technology. The advantages of the proposed model are automated, cost-effective, secured, traceable, accurate, and time-saving. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Secure digital academic certificate verification system using blockchain

Authors: Sunil Kumar Patel; Saravanan Chandran; Purushottam Kumar

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, 713209, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, 713209, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, 713209, India

Abstract: At present, there is a need for an authentic and fast approach to certificate verification. Which verifies and authenticates the certificates to reduce the extent of duplicity and time. An academic certificate is significant for students, the government, universities, and employers. Academic credentials play a vital role in the career of students. A few people manipulate academic documents for their benefit. There are cases identified where people produced fake academic certificates for jobs or higher education admission. Various research works are developing a secure model to verify genuine academic credentials. This research article proposed a new security model which contains several security algorithms such as timestamps, hash function, digital signature, steganography, and blockchain. The proposed model issues secure digital academic certificates. It enhanced security measures and automated educational certificate verification using blockchain technology. The advantages of the proposed model are automated, cost-effective, secured, traceable, accurate, and time-saving.

Keywords: digital academic certificate; DAC; hash function; blockchain technology; digital signature; steganography.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICS.2024.141600

International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 2024 Vol.24 No.3/4, pp.236 - 257

Received: 11 Mar 2022
Accepted: 03 May 2023
Published online: 26 Sep 2024 *

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