A digital credential that matches your professional standards

Professional seals, stamps and signatures have represented trust and accountability for generations. As professional work moves from paper to electronic documents, CPCS helps professional associations extend that trust into the digital environment.

The Canadian Professional Credential Service (CPCS) connects professional identity, professional authority and document integrity through association-authorized digital credentials.

For Associations For Professionals

Digital challenge

An image of your seal is not digital trust

Electronic documents can be copied, modified, redistributed, revised and retained for decades. A scanned seal may look official, but appearance alone does not establish digital authenticity.

The goal is to make professional authority easier to establish, verify, and manage in a digital environment—not simply to replace a rubber stamp with an electronic image.

Where to start?

Three questions every association should answer

A clear policy starts with the outcome: members need a practical way to authenticate their work, and recipients need confidence in what they receive. The following questions can help an association define its requirements before choosing a solution.

Who authenticated the document?

Was the signer properly identified and authorized?

Has the document changed?

Can the recipient determine whether the electronic record remains intact?

Is the professional still authorized?

Can the association suspend or revoke digital authorization when status changes?

Five elements of digital trust

  • Verified identity

    Connect the credential to an identified professional.

  • Association authority

    Authority and professional designation remain under association control.

  • Document integrity

    Modifications made after authentication are clearly identified.

  • Independent verification

    Recipients can validate credentials rather than rely on appearance.

  • Lifecycle management

    Issue, renew, suspend, revoke and reissue credentials as required.

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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

CPCS stands for Canadian Professional Credential Service, a Carillon Information Security service designed to help professional associations issue and manage professional digital credentials.

No. An electronic signature is a broad category that can include many forms of electronic approval. A digital signature is a specific certificate-based method that adds cryptographic signer and document-integrity evidence.

No. The image may reproduce the appearance of a seal, but the underlying digital credential creates the authentication evidence. A copied image can look official without providing that evidence.