Cybersecurity Training
Cybersecurity Training Certificates That Practice What You Preach
You teach people to verify identity and trust nothing until it is proven. Then you hand them a PDF that anyone can edit in five minutes.
TRUE Original issues cybersecurity training certificates as blockchain-secured documents: hashed at issuance, verifiable by QR scan in seconds, and impossible to alter afterwards without breaking the match.
TL;DR
TRUE replaces the PDF certificate with a document whose authenticity can be checked by cryptography rather than by trust. Every certificate is hashed at issuance and the hash is written to a blockchain, so any later edit to the recipient, course, date or issuer breaks verification. Employers verify by scanning a QR code or opening a verification URL, with no app, no account and no call to your admissions desk. Certificates publish on your own domain, and revocation takes one click if a graduate is decertified. Issuing automates through a REST API with five endpoints or through Canvas, Moodle and Learnster integrations, so a certificate can go out the moment a candidate passes.
- Tamper evident by design. A one character change to the document breaks the hash match.
- Verified in seconds by anyone. QR scan or verification URL, with no trust in TRUE required.
- Held to the standard it sells. eIDAS compliant, Cyber Hygiene Certified by OneMore Secure, GDPR aligned, working toward ISO 27001.
Why are cybersecurity training certificates a fraud target?
Because demand for security staff is high, the salaries are good, and the proof of training is usually an unprotected PDF. Anyone who can open a PDF editor can change a name, a date or a course title, and the result prints exactly like the original. The people best equipped to forge that file are the ones your courses attract.
The certificates that prove someone completed ethical hacking training, passed a penetration testing course or graduated from a security bootcamp are, in most cases, files with no verification mechanism attached.
If you train the people who protect organisations from fraud, your certificates should not be vulnerable to it.
- PDFs are trivially easy to forge. Basic editing skills are enough to change a name, a date or a course title. For a security trained audience it takes seconds.
- Employers cannot tell the difference. A forged certificate looks identical to a real one. Without a digital signature, a hash or a verification path, the employer either trusts it at face value or starts making phone calls.
- Manual verification does not scale. A hiring manager who needs to check a training certificate has to email or call the provider. If the provider is slow to answer, or no longer trades, the check stalls.
- The skills shortage adds pressure to exaggerate. High demand and premium salaries create an incentive to inflate credentials. Without a reliable check, training providers cannot protect the value of what they issue.
How large is the cybersecurity skills and credential problem?
Large enough that hiring teams are under pressure to fill roles faster than they can check the credentials in front of them. The largest annual survey of the profession finds most organisations already suffering from skills gaps, phishing continues at millions of attacks a year, and self reported CV dishonesty sits near a fifth of UK adults.
- 88% of cybersecurity professionals reported at least one significant consequence from skills shortages, and 33% said their organisation lacks the resources to staff teams adequately. Source: ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2025, published 4 December 2025, from 16,029 practitioners surveyed in May and June 2025.
- 3.8 million phishing attacks were observed during 2025, with 866 unique brands targeted in the fourth quarter alone. Source: APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report, Q4 2025, published 18 February 2026.
- 18% of UK adults say they have lied on a CV or job application in the last 12 months, or know someone who has. Published by Cifas on 3 February 2025, from an Opinion Matters survey of 2,000 UK people.
A certificate that verifies itself takes the credential check off the hiring manager's to do list, which is the only version of the check that reliably happens.
What does TRUE do for a cybersecurity training provider?
It turns the certificate into an object your own students would accept as proof: a document with a cryptographic hash on a public ledger, a verification path that assumes no trust, and an issuer domain that belongs to you. The mechanics below are the same ones your curriculum already teaches.
Blockchain secured and cryptographically immutable
Every certificate issued through TRUE is hashed and written to blockchain. The hash is a cryptographic fingerprint of the certificate contents: recipient, course, date, issuer. Alter a single character after issuance and the hash no longer matches, so verification fails.
The record is written across multiple blockchains (Ethereum, AVAX, Fantom, Polygon), so there is no single point of failure and no way to rewrite the record after the fact.
Your students will recognise exactly why this works, which is the point.
QR verification with no trust assumptions
Every TRUE certificate carries a QR code. An employer, recruiter or client scans it with a phone camera, with no app to install, and sees who was certified, for which course, when and by whom.
No phone calls. No waiting on a reply. The verification model your students would design if you set it as the exercise.
Your domain, your brand
Certificates publish on your own custom domain, for example certs.yourcompany.com, with your branding and design. When a graduate shares a credential or an employer verifies one, they see your training organisation rather than a third party platform.
A REST API that issues from your LMS
TRUE's REST API has five endpoints and connects to your existing learning management system or training platform. When a student passes a course, completes a lab or finishes a bootcamp, the certificate issues automatically. No manual data entry, no gap between completion and credential.
For providers running several cohorts, corporate clients and self paced courses at once, certificate issuance stops being an admin task.
Analytics on who verifies
The dashboard shows when and where certificates are viewed, shared and verified. You see when an employer checks a graduate's credential and which courses generate the most engagement.
eIDAS compliant
TRUE meets EU electronic identification and trust services standards, which adds legal weight for European training providers and for certificates reviewed by EU based employers or regulators.
Is TRUE held to the security standard it sells?
Yes, and by a customer. TRUE is Cyber Hygiene Certified by OneMore Secure, a European cybersecurity firm that runs security training, penetration testing and assessments. The same firm issues its own training certificates through TRUE.
Cyber Hygiene Certified by OneMore Secure
OneMore Secure did not only audit TRUE. They also chose TRUE to issue their own training certificates. When your security auditor picks you as their certificate platform, that is a statement about the infrastructure.
“For us, it’s only natural to collaborate with the player in secure document management that has the highest quality, and stands for world-class security.”
Which credentials can a security training provider issue?
Every credential type a security curriculum produces, from a single lab completion to a full bootcamp diploma. Issue them one at a time, in bulk after a cohort finishes, or automatically through the API as students pass each module.
Course completions
Ethical hacking, penetration testing, SIEM operations, cloud security, threat intelligence, incident response.
Bootcamp diplomas
Intensive programme completions with the full curriculum recorded on the document.
Corporate security awareness
Phishing awareness, data protection, secure coding practice, social engineering defence.
Capture the flag awards
CTF event results, rankings and achievement certificates.
Lab and practical completions
Hands on skill verification for a specific tool, environment or technique.
Trainer and instructor credentials
Qualify your own teaching staff with credentials a client can verify.
CPD records
Continuing professional development tracking for security professionals maintaining their certifications.
Why do graduates value a TRUE certificate?
Because it is one link that proves itself. Graduates in a field that rewards evidence over assertion get a credential a hiring manager can confirm without contacting anybody, and it keeps working long after the course, the cohort and even the training company have moved on.
One link that proves everything
A TRUE certificate is a permanent, shareable URL. Graduates add it to a LinkedIn profile, a CV, a portfolio or a GitHub README. One link any employer can click and verify independently, with no downloads and no attachments.
Verifiable by any employer, indefinitely
The blockchain record does not expire, does not depend on your servers staying online, and does not require the employer to contact you. Five years from now the certificate verifies exactly as it did on day one, even if your company has changed domain or restructured.
Credibility that matches the field
A blockchain-secured certificate from a security training provider tells a CISO or technical recruiter that the organisation applies its own standards to its own paperwork.
How does a TRUE certificate compare with a PDF certificate?
On every axis a security team would test: whether it can be altered, whether it can be checked without trusting the holder, and whether the check leaves an audit trail. A PDF fails all three, because nothing inside the file points back to the issuer.
| Capability | PDF certificates | TRUE certificates |
|---|---|---|
| Tamper evident | Editable in any tool | Blockchain anchored cryptographic hash |
| Verifiable | Manual phone or email | Instant QR scan verification |
| Fraud resistant | No built in security | Hash mismatch on any alteration |
| Branded | Static and easily copied | Animated, branded, on your domain |
| Shareable | File attachment | Permanent URL for LinkedIn, portfolio and CV |
| Analytics | No visibility | Views, shares and employer verifications tracked |
| Automated issuance | Manual process | REST API connects to your LMS |
| Security certified | No audit trail | Cyber Hygiene Certified platform |
How does TRUE connect to your training platform?
Through whichever route matches your volume. Small cohorts issue from the dashboard, operational teams issue by email, and high volume providers call the REST API from the assessment platform the moment a candidate passes.
REST API
Five endpoints to automate issuance from your LMS, training platform or custom portal.
Email based issuance
Issue a certificate by sending a structured email, without opening the dashboard.
LMS integrations
Canvas, Moodle, Learnster and more.
Bulk issuance
Certify a whole bootcamp cohort or corporate training group in one batch.
Custom domain
Certificates live on your website rather than ours.
Dashboard
Manage, revoke and track every certificate from one place.
What has TRUE issued, and what is it certified against?
More than 500,000 documents for over 200 organisations in more than 15 countries, secured across four blockchain networks. The volume figures are TRUE platform data; the compliance list below is externally assessed.
500K+
documents secured
200+
organisations worldwide
15+
countries
- Cyber Hygiene Certified by OneMore Secure
- eIDAS compliant
- GDPR aligned, EU hosted
- Working toward ISO 27001
- Documents secured on Ethereum, AVAX, Fantom and Polygon
What do cybersecurity training providers ask about TRUE?
The questions below come from security training providers and certification bodies during evaluation, and they cluster around proof, control and integration.
How do you prove a TRUE certificate has not been tampered with?
Every certificate is hashed and written to a blockchain (Ethereum, AVAX, Fantom or Polygon). Any change to the document changes the hash, so a verifier can establish on their own, with no trust in TRUE required, whether the certificate matches what was originally issued.
Can we issue certificates on our own domain?
Yes. Documents and verification pages live on your domain, with your branding and your URL. Students and their employers never see TRUE in the address. The cryptographic guarantees are unchanged.
Is TRUE itself compliant with the standards we teach?
TRUE is eIDAS compliant, Cyber Hygiene Certified by OneMore Secure, GDPR aligned, and working toward ISO 27001. We hold our own security to the standard your students are taught to expect.
How do we revoke a certificate if a graduate is decertified?
Revocation is a one click action from your dashboard. The blockchain record remains, but the verification page immediately shows the credential as revoked, with the reason if you choose to publish one.
Can we integrate with our LMS or assessment platform?
Yes. TRUE has direct integrations with Canvas, Moodle and Learnster, plus a REST API with five endpoints. Most cybersecurity training providers issue automatically from their assessment platform once a candidate passes.
Do graduates need a TRUE account to receive a certificate?
No. Certificates are sent by email and reachable at a public verification URL. No login, no app, no friction. That is deliberate, because friction is where credentials get lost.
Are you GDPR compliant?
TRUE is a Swedish company headquartered in Stockholm. The platform is GDPR aligned by default, data minimised and EU hosted, with clear data processor agreements for issuing organisations.
Can different teams issue under separate brands?
Yes. Sub organisations, partner schools and white label resellers can each have their own branding, signers and certificate templates while staying under one parent account.
What do TRUE customers say?
“For us, it’s only natural to collaborate with the player in secure document management that has the highest quality, and stands for world-class security.”
“SSF offer extensive training in Security to our customers, both physically and digitally. It has been particularly important for us to be able to ensure that our Proofs of Education are correct and secure.”
Your students defend systems. Your certificates should defend themselves.
You train the people who protect organisations from breaches, fraud and identity theft. The certificates you issue can meet the same standard: tamper evident, verifiable in seconds, and secured by cryptography rather than by trust.