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A good reputation for a school isn’t created quickly and it cannot be destroyed instantly. Reputation, however, can be ruined in moments with a fake diploma. The production of fake degrees by scammers is booming and there are some truly ingenious individuals at work in this field. Schools are finding they have two choices: use a professional diploma security supplier or accept that their degrees may never be trusted because of the rampant problem of forgery. A professional security supplier offers much more than printed paper. They are concerned with protecting the authenticity of all the degrees issued by an institution.
The Growing Threat of Diploma Forgery
It’s not just about a cheap fake degree. A false credential is being used to secure a position, to enter advanced education and to obtain professional licenses. Not many schools, employers, and others verify documents and diplomas through the details and most of the fakes aren’t recognized as such until something goes terribly wrong. By then, schools may face embarrassment, litigation and questions about how their credentials are being verified. Standard diploma paper offers virtually no protection. Criminals will take a valid diploma, print their name on it and pass the forged piece of paper around as a legitimate degree on slightly modified paper. Without embedded security features, these patchwork degrees might easily be accepted as legitimate. Printing companies are helping to facilitate the crime without their explicit intent to commit a crime, sometimes knowingly and other times unwittingly. Diploma security suppliers eliminate this vulnerability.
How Security Suppliers Protect Institutional Reputation
A professional diploma security supplier brings to the table knowledge which an educational institution simply cannot maintain on its own. Specializations such as materials science, printing and forgery expertise are required to build and maintain anti-counterfeiting technology. The Yiko security supplier has experienced research, development and production departments who know how to outwit the counterfeiters.
Embedded features on Yiko diplomas and degree certificates are just one layer of security and include such items as a watermark on the diploma document; visible only when held up to the light, these could be in the form of the school's official seal or name. Another option is UV features or texts visible only under UV light. Holographic transfer labels appear to have a three dimensional image, the 3-D text and image shift when the document is tilted. These types of security features are what makes the forgery process exponentially harder; it's not feasible for the counterfeiters to reproduce these types of features and the same amount of precision without a specific expertise. These visible and invisible features are often utilized to ensure the legitimacy of the diploma by employers and graduate institutions when presented for verification.
Custom Security Features for Each Institution
Every school has its unique identity and needs its credentials branded and verified specifically. A copied hologram from another institution doesn't secure anything. Instead, professional security suppliers build unique features directly into your institution's documents.
The Yiko custom security documents are manufactured from special papers including custom logos, mottoes, and crests for your particular institution. Custom text may be part of an optically variable label or border, available only with a magnifying glass. Text or image appears on the document that changes color when tilted. These custom security labels also include small printing along the thread for details such as the founding date of the institution. Unlike items purchased off the shelf, there are no features readily available for counterfeiters to reverse-engineer to exact specifications. These personalized documents act as a brand protection tool.
Large Scale Production Without Quality Loss
Every year thousands of graduates are presented with new diplomas. A certain level of quality is expected from a security supplier for each piece produced. A faulty diploma, with absent security features, creates a gap in the institution’s security measures that could be exploited by a criminal.
Yiko has an entire integrated mechanical product system within its industry-wide chain for anti-counterfeiting technology. The company is capable of handling thousands of diplomas per day with production capabilities exceeding 80 million pieces annually, and all Yiko products are produced under very strict quality controls. Each diploma has to undergo the same verification for the watermark, UV features, and holographic details to ensure uniformity across the board. This includes all of the mechanical production system's quality controls, so the diploma printed in January looks identical to the diploma printed in December. Uniformity of all security features ensures that every graduate leaving the institution is protected at an equal level.
Cost-Effective Security for Public and Private Institutions
While most schools are on a strict budget, professional diploma security might seem unaffordable. This is both untrue and dangerous for your school.
Yiko employs a high tech, low cost model, allowing it to provide high quality security solutions at a fair price. This model is made possible through its internal R&D team, combined with a well-established production line. The addition of watermarks, UV security, and holographic labels on your diplomas adds insignificant cost per graduate, while the costs of dealing with a single case of diploma fraud can ruin your institution's reputation, create legal liability issues, or even result in fines from governing agencies. Securing diplomas in order to avoid such issues is one aspect where the financial benefits clearly outweigh the costs.
Conclusion
A diploma security supplier is not simply a printer selling paper and seals. They play a critical role in protecting the integrity of educational institutions and the reputation that comes with it. Yiko offers many types of watermarks, UV fluorescent transfer labels and digital verification equipment, all of which serve to significantly thwart the creation and use of fake degrees. While it is currently possible to obtain counterfeit diplomas for a few hundred dollars online, it is absolutely essential to invest in diploma security that will always stand up to scrutiny.
