Case Study: University of Malaya secures degree certificates with Thales e-Security

University of Malaya Pioneers the First E-Scroll with Technology from Thales

University of Malaya faced a growing problem with counterfeit degree certificates and wanted a way to issue credentials that were hard to forge and easy to verify. The university turned to Thales e-Security for a digital signature approach that could support its plan to create an e-Scroll, a digitally signed and time-stamped degree certificate that employers could authenticate online.

Thales e-Security helped the university implement a complete digital signature solution with Thales nShield HSMs and Thales Time Stamp Server, in collaboration with GiAT Infosys Sdn Bhd. The university signs each approved e-Scroll with the Registrar and Vice Chancellor’s digital IDs in an automated batch process, stores private signing keys in tamper-resistant hardware, and adds a secure time stamp against the Malaysian National Clock. The result is a certificate that is easier for students to download and for employers to verify, while reducing reliance on printed paper certificates and helping University of Malaya address fraudulent credentials.

University of Malaya

David Asirvatham

Director of IT Centre