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# Introduction to Proven

### A complete verifiable credential solution for identity and data <a href="#a-complete-verifiable-credential-solution-for-identity-and-data" id="a-complete-verifiable-credential-solution-for-identity-and-data"></a>

#### Seamless, streamlined, and secure identity verification <a href="#seamless-streamlined-and-secure-identity-verification" id="seamless-streamlined-and-secure-identity-verification"></a>

Indicio Proven is the world’s most advanced platform for decentralized identity using verifiable credentials and Open Badges 3.0.

It is designed to provide the widest possible range of options to build, deploy, scale, and manage verifiable credential ecosystems.

It is built to be interoperable and compatible with current and emerging global protocols and standards for decentralized identity, including the European Union’s new standards for digital identity (eIDAS) and digital wallets (EUDI).

It’s easy to implement — a platform that can work with your existing systems, and it is configurable in days rather than months.

And it’s easy to scale from simple use cases to managing national and global identity verification.

Verifiable credentials are a powerful new way to authenticate identity and data. As **Gartner Research** notes in its **2024 Market Report for Decentralized Identity**, they represent “magnitudes of improvement in terms of efficiency, cost and assurance.”

Indicio Proven allows you to build in a way that works best for you, with flexible deployment options, including on premises, in **Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Marketplace, Oracle, or a provider of your choice.**

### What's included <a href="#whats-included" id="whats-included"></a>

#### Issuer & Verifier Agents <a href="#issuer-and-verifier-agents" id="issuer-and-verifier-agents"></a>

The software needed to create, issue, and verify credentials.

#### Mobile App & Mediator <a href="#mobile-app-and-mediator" id="mobile-app-and-mediator"></a>

The software to download, store, and use credentials on mobile devices.

#### Verifiable Credential Schema <a href="#verifiable-credential-schema" id="verifiable-credential-schema"></a>

Flexible template for creating credentials.

#### Distributed Ledger Network <a href="#distributed-ledger-network" id="distributed-ledger-network"></a>

Make use of a robust and stable distributed ledger, professionally managed by Indicio, choose the provider that works best for you, or have us build your own distributed ledger network.

#### Technical support & training <a href="#technical-support-and-training" id="technical-support-and-training"></a>

### Benefits <a href="#benefits" id="benefits"></a>

* Verifiable credentials can hold all kinds of valuable information in a way that any attempt to alter that information breaks the credential.
* Instant, cryptographic proof of who issued a credential, and that the person presenting it is the rightful owner — an identity fraud killer.
* You are always able to verify who you share data with before sharing it — and they you.
* Data is shareable across disparate systems without direct integration.
* Data is immediately actionable — if you trust the source of the credential, you can trust the data.
* Data is secure — no need for third parties to store the data in centralized databases to manage authentication.
* Takes the hassle out of data privacy compliance — a person is in control of their data and can share it by consent.
* Verifiable credentials can protect biometric data from AI deepfakes.


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