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Credential Fraud, Credential Mills and Security Threats

Threat modelling and controls for credential systems.

  • Ability
  • L4 Assure
  • Advanced
  • Security, privacy and data protection
  • ICB-A08
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Why this course

Fraud undermines trust for every issuer, and credential mills and AI-generated fakes make it cheaper. Strong fit with ICoBC's quality mission.

What you will be able to do

  1. Model threats to a credential system: forgery, impersonation, key compromise, credential mills and misuse.
  2. Select controls including key management, status lists and issuer registries.
  3. Plan incident response, including mass revocation.
  4. Assess the long-term validity of signed credentials.

Modules

  1. The threat landscape
  2. Threat modelling
  3. Controls
  4. Incident response
  5. Long-term validity

Assessment

Threat model and control plan for one system.

Badge evidence: Threat model; control plan.

Prerequisites: ICB-P07

Who it is for

  • Companies and employers
  • Education and providers
  • Associations and policy
  • ICoBC quality network

Framework alignment

ICSFframeworkSECPskillL4levelAstage

Security, privacy and data protection (SECP, VRITE pillar Trustworthiness)

Related skills: Quality assurance and accreditation, Standards and interoperability. About the framework

Use in your organisation

In corporate training

Workshop module for HR and learning technology owners. Badge aligns to ICSF SECP L4 (SFIA 5) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as skill evidence; competency on the job needs a V-series validation.

In education

Micro-credential of 8 h notional workload (about 0.3 ECTS), indicative EQF 6 to 7, assessed by assessed practical task with rubric. Stand-alone or elective unit.

EU micro-credential elements

Awarding body ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 8 h (about 0.3 ECTS). Level: ICSF L4, EQF 6 to 7 (indicative). Type of assessment: assessed practical task with rubric. Form of participation: In person or live online workshop with online pre-work. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-P07.

Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.

Quality and AI

Quality focus: VRITE Trustworthiness.

AI dimension: AI-generated fake credentials and misuse by agents.

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