• Gajanan Badhe
• Dr. Maithili Arjunwadkar

In our country almost all kinds of educational certificates and government documents and certificates are issued in the physical paper form of documents. The security of documents is very important in any circumstances, as everything depends upon the authenticity and validity of the documents or certificates on the internet based platforms. The documents such as the statement of marks, certificates, licenses, authority letters and any kind of documents which has some importance in its lifecycle, therefore the security of the documents on an online platform is very crucial for its genuineness. Presently, there are various technologies available for ensuring security and authenticity of the digital documents and certificates such as cryptography, digital signatures with the online platform based on centralized server technologies. This paper discusses the concept of digital document management system for digital document storage and also presents a survey/comparative analysis on digital document managementsystems along with their application areas and functionalities, features, limitations and security aspects. It is proposed that there is a need to design a Blockchain technology based framework for the Digital Document Management System for educational documents and certificates storage and authentication.

Digital documents security, digital document management, cryptography, online document storage, Blockchain Technology.

"DIGITAL DOCUMENT SECURITY AND AUTHENTICITY: RECONNAISSANCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.e328-e331, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108524.pdf

"DIGITAL DOCUMENT SECURITY AND AUTHENTICITY: RECONNAISSANCE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppe328-e331, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108524.pdf