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CERTIFICATION & CREDENTIALING

Protect the value of every credential you issue

Every credential represents years of work, your organization's reputation, and the trust employers place in your program. We help protect all three.

WHY CREDENTIAL INTEGRITY MATTERS

A credential is only as trusted as the process behind it.

Certification organizations need to prove that every credential was earned by the right person, under the right conditions, and supported by evidence that can stand up to scrutiny.

Verify candidate identity before every assessment
Protect exams from impersonation, misconduct, and AI-assisted cheating
Support fair decisions with Verified Human Review™
Maintain clear, audit-ready assessment records
Extend trust from assessment to credential issuance with Accredible

Protect your reputation

One compromised credential can undermine confidence in your entire program.

Verify every candidate

Confirm that the person earning the credential is the person who completed the assessment.

Defend every decision

Every identity check, AI flag, and assessment outcome is documented and verified by trained specialists.

Preserve credential value

Extend trust beyond the exam with secure digital credentials powered by Accredible.

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THE CHALLENGE

Protect the credibility of every credential you issue

Certification programs face growing pressure to prevent fraud, address AI-assisted cheating, scale assessments, and defend decisions without creating a frustrating candidate experience. Integrity Advocate protects credential value while keeping the process fair, scalable, and easy to manage.

Prevent impersonation, proxy testing, and unauthorized assistance
Scale assessments without sacrificing consistency
Build employer confidence with documented integrity
Maintain audit-ready records for appeals and investigations
Deliver a #1 ranked no-download, browser-based candidate experience

BUILT FOR EVERY STAKEHOLDER

Built for organizations that can't afford to lose trust

Integrity Advocate supports certification and credentialing organizations that issue credentials employers, regulators, and industries depend on.

Certification leaders

Protect the value of your credentials while scaling secure, remote assessments with confidence.

Operations & program teams

Reduce administrative effort with browser-based delivery and managed human review.

IT teams

Integrate with existing LMS platforms without downloads, plugins, or complicated deployments.

Candidates

Deliver a fair, privacy-respecting testing experience that works on virtually any device.

CREDENTIAL PROTECTION

Turn verified assessment outcomes into trusted credentials

Integrity Advocate and Accredible connect verified identity, human-reviewed assessment outcomes, and secure digital credential issuance in one continuous process. The result is a credential backed by clear evidence from exam to employer verification.

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HOW IT WORKS

Build a complete chain of trust

A trusted credential is built across every stage, from assessment delivery to secure issuance. When those systems connect, they create a complete chain of trust that protects your program and the value of every credential.

Your LMS

Deliver learning, assessments, and program requirements through the LMS you already use, creating a consistent foundation for every candidate.

Integrity Advocate

Verify identity, monitor assessments, and validate outcomes with AI and Verified Human Review™, creating fair, documented, and defensible results.

Credential protection powered by Accredible

Automatically issue secure, verifiable digital credentials backed by verified assessment outcomes, extending trust beyond the assessment.

BUILT FOR CERTIFICATION

Everything you need to protect credential value

Protect candidate identity, support fair assessment decisions, and strengthen trust in every credential with a platform built for modern certification programs.

What You Need
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Credential Integrity
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Candidate Experience
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Defensible Decisions
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Employer Confidence
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Operational Scale
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Privacy & Trust
What You Need
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Protect the value of every credential you issue.
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Reduce friction without compromising security.
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Support appeals, audits, and board reviews.
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Give employers confidence in every credential.
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Grow your certification program efficiently.
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Respect candidate privacy while protecting integrity.
How Integrity Advocate Helps
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Verified identity, human-review, and documented outcomes.
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Browser-based assessments with no downloads or plugins.
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Audit-ready evidence and human-reviewed assessment records.
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Secure assessment records and Credential Protection powered by Accredible.
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Managed services and scalable assessment delivery.
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Privacy-first platform with configurable retention and compliance support.
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Customer Story

See how the National Payroll Institute modernized credential integrity.

Certification organizations need to prove that every credential was earned by the right person, under the right conditions, and supported by evidence that can stand up to scrutiny.

57% reduction in integrity incidents
30,000+ assessments delivered annually
<0.1% technical escalation rate
48 hours average incident resolution

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

"A unique selling point for the project is that humans are reviewing the proctor sessions and we're not relying on technology. This ensures fair, accurate outcomes. Any queries or issues are reported back promptly, which means a quick response in relation to results for our learners."

Elaine Barker,
Head of Center Support | Skills and Education Group

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Explore more on protecting credential integrity.

Explore practical resources on academic integrity, online proctoring, and learner experience.

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Whitepapers

The Credential Security Trifecta: Designing a Defensible Credential Ecosystem

February 25, 2026

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Credential integrity depends on more than a single tool. It requires identity verification, assessment oversight, credential issuance, and long-term validation to operate as one connected system. As digital credentials become more visible and portable across LinkedIn profiles and employer systems, organizations need to be able to answer a harder question than "was this test monitored": is this credential defensible? This post introduces the Credential Security Trifecta, a framework connecting Learning & Assessment Infrastructure, Identity & Integrity Verification, and Secure Digital Credential Issuance into a unified chain of trust, and points to the full whitepaper for the risk landscape, common blind spots, and an implementation model.

Defensible Outcomes
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Blogs & articles

Who We’re Certifying Matters: Why Assessment Security Must Evolve With the Credential Landscape

February 24, 2026

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Assessment security has expanded beyond preventing cheating to protecting the long-term credibility of every credential an organization issues. Remote and hybrid delivery, AI tools reshaping candidate behavior, rising employer scrutiny of credential validity, and the rapid expansion of digital credentialing are all converging to make this a strategic rather than operational question. This post examines why credential credibility now depends on assessment security design, what the risks of getting it wrong look like across higher education, professional certification, and workforce training, and why connected, integrated systems are the only approach that produces defensible outcomes at scale.

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Industry News

Accredible and Integrity Advocate Partner to Deliver Proctoring and Digital Credentialing

February 25, 2026

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Accredible and Integrity Advocate have announced a strategic partnership that connects verified online proctoring directly to secure digital credential issuance. The integration ensures credentials are automatically issued only to verified test takers who complete assessments without misconduct, closing the critical gap that exists when proctoring and credentialing systems operate independently. Initial support is available for D2L Brightspace environments, with a unified offering for new customers launching in Spring 2026.

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Preguntas frecuentes

Find answers to the most commonly asked questions.

Integrity Advocate verifies candidate identity, secures assessments, and documents every integrity decision with Verified Human Review™. Combined with Credential Protection powered by Accredible, it creates a complete chain of trust from assessment to credential issuance.

Yes. Whether you're delivering hundreds or thousands of assessments, Integrity Advocate provides browser-based testing, managed human review, and scalable support without increasing your internal workload.

AI helps identify potential integrity concerns, but trained specialists review every flagged assessment before a final decision is made. This reduces false positives, provides context, and creates fair, documented outcomes you can confidently defend.

Credential Protection extends trust beyond the assessment by automatically issuing secure, verifiable digital credentials based on verified identity and human-reviewed assessment outcomes. This creates a documented connection between the exam and the credential.

Yes. Integrity Advocate integrates with leading learning platforms and launches directly from the browser with no downloads or extensions, making it easy to add secure assessment integrity to your existing certification workflow.

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10M+

Total sessions proctored

65+

Languages supported

98%

Client retention rate

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