Edu.ID: Providing Global ID for Education World Eduard Tric, President, Internet Society Romania - Diploma mills: The fraud rate in the education world is big, it’s a global issue - Eduid, Electronic diplomas and verifications address this need - Deployment with Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (800 universities in 88 countries) - Ethical charter of utilisation

1. Introduction
Internet ID
The Need Introduction
The Market
EDU ID Service World e-ID Congress – Identity from tehnology to service
Business model Nice , France , 19-th of september 2012
Technology Edu.ID: Providing Global ID for Education World
Strategy Eduard Tric , Internet Society Romania
Partnerships
Future
Executive summary :
Conclusion
Edu.ID Business goal :
- Federate all directories of alumni in the education world
World - Connect the directories with the enterprise world
E-id Need :
Innovative
e-Services
- The electronic verifications, transcripts and diplomas reduces the fraud
Market :
19/09
2012 -Estimate that 1% of the population will attend high education
Nice -EduID can became one of the e-id market killer apps
France

2. Introduction
Internet ID
Identity on Internet
from myth to reality
The Need
The Market
EDU ID Service  Online Identity : the slowest market in the world
Business model  Pki years (pre cloud)
Technology  Anonymity , censorship , pki myth as a general id solution
Strategy  Russian doctrine (Kaspersky recently) : Internet passeport
ID battle of Internet Governance War (Itu , Isoc , Icann ... )
Partnerships 
 Identity application years (cloud era)
Future
 Cloud computing architecture imposes the „Identity as a service”
Conclusion concept
 ID Applications is the future of PKI
 Vertical markets
World  Still have to see if governments will provide electronic id in the future
E-id
 Education : one of the most promising ones
Innovative
e-Services  Romania case
19/09  Id works well only when it’s mandatory
2012  Public tenders certificates laws for accountants , doctors to use e-ID
Nice  Fraud rate is big , recruiters (including public sector) need
France to verify diplomas

3. Introduction
Internet ID
The Need Fraud in Education
The Market
EDU ID Service  Brief Fraud typology in the Education World
Business model  Fake Diplomas
Technology  True-Fake Diplomas
Strategy  True (but still fraudulent) Diplomas
Partnerships
Future  Fake Diplomas
Conclusion
 Diploma mills
 True – Fake Diplomas
World  Second type of diploma mills , from unaccredided
E-id institutions
Innovative  True diplomas
e-Services
 Fake identity . homonyms
19/09  True Identity
2012
Fake student
Nice

France  True student but fake credentials

4. Introduction
Internet ID
The Need Education ID Market
The Market
EDU ID Service  We assume at least 1% of each country population
Business model attend high education
Technology
 For France it makes at least 600000 diplomas / year , or at
Strategy least 2000000 transactions /years (including verifications ,
Partnerships transcripts)
Future  Worldwide we have every year tens of millions new
Conclusion graduates using internet
World
 Recruiters are ready to use the service
E-id  Cabients ( Alexander hughes , Michael Page ... )
Innovative
e-Services  Recruitment sites like Monster , Linkedin, Myjob (Romania )
19/09  HR departments of big companies
2012  Main advantage : the burden of proof is on university side ,
Nice not on recruiter side
France

5. Introduction
Internet ID
The Need Products / Services
The Market
EDU ID Service
Business model
 First range (validation in 2012)
Technology  Verifications (not signed)
Strategy
Partnerships
 Attestations
Future  Transcripts and diploma supplements
Conclusion
 Electronic diplomas
 Second range (starting 2013)
World
E-id  Electronic validated cv
Innovative
e-Services  Service for employer
19/09  Electronic portfolio
2012  Student and alumni oriented
Nice
France

6. Introduction
Business model
Internet ID
The Need
The Market
EDU ID Service  Business principles for e-diplomas
Business model
 On internet , recurrent , high volumes
Technology
Strategy  Share a part of revenues with partners
Partnerships  Let ngo’s deal with universities
Future  Let companies deal with recruiters
Conclusion
 Alumni world : past and future
 E-diplomas are for the future promotions
World  Verifications and atestations are for past promotions (last
E-id 30 years )
Innovative
e-Services  Price policy
19/09  Verification 2 € ,Attestation 4 €
2012  Transcript and diploma complement 6 € ,Electronic diplomas 8 €
Nice
France  Industrial Partners get 0.1 € each per document
 For bigger volumes , subscribtion model

7. Introduction
Technology
Internet ID
The Need
The Market
EDU ID Service
 Technological choice rationale of PDF
Business model
Technology  The documents are destined towards the final
Strategy consumer
Partnerships  Visibility is important (what you see is what you
Future get). The look and feel of new diplomas can
Conclusion match the paper version one.
 Signed, timestamped Pdf is used in production by
Asturian (Spain ) government for official journal
World
E-id  Signed and timestamped pdf is the recommanded
Innovative format by French government for documents that
e-Services
not expire in time ( self-sufficent documents)
19/09
2012
Nice
France

8. Introduction
Strategy & Future
Internet ID
The Need
The Market
EDU ID Service  Where is the core value ?
Business model  Software ? Services ?
Technology
 The services will assure a constant revenue stream
Strategy
 Database !
Partnerships
 According to european IPR laws, the significant inversment made to
Future collect existing databases is considered new IPR
Conclusion  The project will become the hugest collection of alumni databases
worldwide
 The global database will become the main asset
World  Innovations
E-id  Business model
Innovative
e-Services  Ngo , revenue sharing
 Technology
19/09
2012  Products
Nice
 Strategic goal (by 2017)
France
 Became the leading dematerialisation provider for the education
world

9. Introduction
Partnerships
Internet ID
The Need
The Market
Keynectis
EDU ID Service 
French provider of Electronically signed PDF
Business model 
Technology  Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
Strategy  710 universities in 81 countries
Partnerships  Consider the projet prioritary
Future  Will influence and even finance the project in French speaking countries after the pilot phase
Internet Society
Conclusion

 Projects address local challenges for Internet access, openness, security and evolution and…
 Tackle a wide range of issues, including IPv6 implementation, creation of locally produced content, and
stronger connections between communities
World  Grants available up to US$10,000 for Chapters and Individual members
E-id  Since 2005, Internet Society has awarded 127 community grants to more than 115 Chapters or Individual
Members in 53 countries
Innovative
e-Services
 Axetel
19/09  I encrypt therefore I am
2012  Project coders and integrators
Nice  Microsoft
France
 Cloud provider (Azure platform)
 List is still open!

10. Introduction
Future
Internet ID
The Need
The Market
EDU ID Service  The future is bright for e-ID in education
Business model
 Reccurent, high volume, online market
Technology
Strategy  Globalization , Standardisation (for EU market)
Partnerships  Fraud rate is growing
Future  Bologna process
Conclusion  Emergence of big online directories (LinkedIn , Monster,
Viadeo )
 Actions
World  Secured first round of financing
E-id
Innovative
 Focus on partnerships for rapid international expansion
e-Services
 Make a first range of deals with universities and recruiters
19/09 (Italy , Germany , Holland, Romania, Pakistan, India , Russia ,
2012 Latin America)
Nice  Initiate talks with governments having centralized education
France system (Moldova, Pakistan , ... )
 Finalize technical partnerships

11. Introduction
Conclusion
Internet ID
The Need
The Market
EDU ID Service  Main reasons to join EduID
Business model  Emerging , yet big and reccurent market
Technology  Experienced international team
 Already done succesful exits (Sagem , Baan Software )
Strategy
 High ethical standards of the management team an the business (ethical
Partnerships charter)
Future  Could become the Pki /id killer app
Conclusion  Barriers
 Academic world is very conservative
 Lack of sufficient involment from EU!
( Eu-funded ) Stork business case not strong enough
World
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We need a pan-european service for e-id in education
E-id

 No implicit recognition of CA’s from one state to another
Innovative  France –Romania case
e-Services  European trusted list of CA’s
 More info
19/09  International opening of the service : december 2012
2012
 http://www.eduid.eu
Nice
Contact Eduard Tric eduard.tric@isoc.ro
France 