Harvard University discovered a hack of its system last month that exposed the login credentials for students and university personnel. The university has since posted an FAQ page and the contact info for any students in need of further assistance.

It’s easy to demand the highest security cards and systems, but the reality is that campuses can’t always afford to max out every system across all auxiliaries. There’s a balance that must realized when weighing system upgrades and investments. To better paint the picture, Notre Dame’s director of auxiliary services, Scott Kachmarik talks best practices and striking the crucial balance between security and cost in campus card procurement.

Online coursework is commonplace at universities across the country, with students flocking to the digital classroom in significant numbers. With this trend comes a new wrinkle to academic dishonesty and a new challenge for universities. One of the online course monitoring systems now available is being offered by ProctorU, a company that’s using webcams and keystroke biometrics to verify students’ identities for online coursework, with the hopes of mitigating academic dishonesty and fraud.

As more and more college courses go online in lieu of the traditional classroom setting, the need to properly and effectively verify students’ identity online has become a vital concern. It seems that biometrics may provide a solution to vetting student identities online.

The coming of August not only marks the start of another academic year, it’s also the first time that fledgling college students will be away from home. But while leaving the nest is an exciting prospect, there are very real concerns for young people as they brave new waters. Unsurprisingly, cyber safety tops the list, […]

Biometric identity and motion analysis specialist, KeyLemon is the latest to join the Blackboard Partnerships Program, bringing its facial recognition solution to the company’s online education portal, Blackboard Learn. KeyLemon says its biometric ID solution will enable faster authentication for Blackboard Learn users that also enhances the online learning experience. Specifically, Blackboard Learn customers can […]

Throughout their history, dedicated servers have been a fact of life for card programs both large and small. Over time, however, the evolution of campus card systems and advancements in computing technology have given rise to newer alternatives to the traditional, dedicated server. Card offices now have a wealth of options to choose from that can enable them to either leverage in-house servers or eliminate hardware altogether. What, then, should an institution consider when weighing its options?

More than 1,800 University of California, Irvine students, along with two dozen non-students, have been notified that they their personal information was not only left unencrypted, but may also have been compromised after keylogger malware was discovered on three student health center computers. According to a report form the SCMagazine, the keylogger malware was on […]

With the number of data breaches and cases of identity theft on college campuses on the rise, the need to build more robust IT security is paramount. At Arkansas State University, the threat of identity theft is just as real as it is anywhere else, prompting IT staff to meet the challenge head on. Arkansas […]

There seems to be a new data breach reported every week, and a growing number of them are taking place on the college campus. This week is no different with separate reports of compromised student data coming from Michigan’s Grand Valley State University and Johns Hopkins in Maryland. At Grand Valley State, officials suggest that […]