Global CIO Forum awards Blockchain verified certificates to security leaders

Deepika Chauhan
July 15, 2020 9:22 am
GCF Certified Security Leader

On July 14, Global CIO Forum, GCF, hosted the Global Future Security Leaders Awards 2020. Top CIOs from across the Middle East, India, Pakistan, Singapore and Egypt were honoured as GCF Certified Security Leaders. Similarly, top vendors and channels won the Security Players Awards. The awards also celebrated the ever-changing role of CISOs in organisations, and how they have been instrumental in bringing about change.

In an industry first, the awards to security leaders were delivered as a state-of-the-art Blockchain verified certificate. Winners have the option to add their credentials to a Blockchain record for added security. And once the certificate is made public, based on the skillsets, winners would be attracting the most appropriate job offers from the industry. Each skillset has over 18000+ relevant jobs in the marketplace.

To create the Blockchain certificates, GCF enlisted Accredible, a service that specialises in sending digital certificates and badges. These certificates are secure and digitally verifiable, relying on bank-level encryption and Blockchain logging that makes faking them impossible. They can also be shared on social media and professional networking sites with a single click.

How Blockchain verification works

Accredible uses the Bitcoin Blockchain to store record of credentials. This is an incorruptible digital ledger of bitcoin transactions that can be used to securely record virtually anything of value. Anything that is written to the Blockchain can’t be altered in the future by any party because of the complexity of the Blockchain. When an Accredible credential is issued and recorded to the Blockchain, the record of the credential is written into the list of Blockchain transactions. Because the Blockchain is public anyone can verify that the credential was recorded at the correct time, validating that information is correct.

How it prevents fraud

When the issuer of a credential decides to issue a Blockchain Credential, Accredible makes an encrypted record of:

  • The issuer
  • The recipient
  • The award
  • The date of creation

These pieces of data are encrypted right onto the blockchain. This means that every blockchain credential is incredibly secure.

Disclaimer: Global Future Security Leaders Awards 2020 is produced and managed by Global CIO Forum and GEC Media Group, publisher of BT, Business Transformation and Enterprise Channels MEA.

Tags: