Counterfeit certificates is a common issue in daily business, especially in time of urgent need.
Certificates are usually issued by notified bodies or third party legal entities which are authorized by the European community in the EU or specific governing authorities to perform conformity check to specific rules or standards in order to make sure a certain product is safe for its intended use.
For certain product, it is necessary to obtain such a certificate from a Notified Body before being able to apply the CE Mark on the product.
The market has seen a big wave of fake certificates being issued during the peak of the pandemic in April and May 2020.
Several alerts were made by European Community and ESF
https://www.eu-esf.org/covid-19/4513-covid-19-suspicious-certificates-for-ppe
Many manufacturers from China and the East used fake certificates in order to enter the PPE and medical device market quickly and without following the proper regulatory path.
Setting a big threat on public health and creating big confusion, making the delivery also of properly developed medical devices more complex and delayed.
Currently, there is no concrete solution to prevent certificate counterfeit and cyber manipulation of already issued certificates by criminals.
We have therefore developed an effective and easy-to-use certificate management tool.
The tool allows storing certificates of any kind into a safe database backed by blockchain allowing to make the certificate tamper-proof and immutable.
Using blockchain makes altering the certificate impossible for hackers or criminals.
Our solution is already in used by medical device companies and notified bodies.