Clik here to view.
Good School Diet From Philadelphia Daily News: Test vending machine
With all the work that I am doing with our customers to safely and securely monitor tests on-site and/or at a distance I got a giggle from this cartoon that I wanted to share! For more great cartoons...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oversight, Monitoring and Delivery of Higher Stakes Assessments Safely and...
When looking at assessment security it is important not to be scared of ghosts but to evaluate the risks and threats. When these have been identified, life becomes simpler and less expensive! I have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Minnesota Legislates Against Subversion Of Exams
Thank you Minnesota for your new law that establishes thirteen examples of what constitutes "examination subversion practice". These examples are aligned with the article on the Oversight, Monitoring...
View ArticleOAuth
OAuth is an open standard to allow a users to share confidential resources stored on one website with another without having to share their credentials. This standard has been made popular by sites...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Film industry hires cyber hitmen to take down internet pirates
The Indian film industry is using interesting tactics to beat the pirates – launch attacks to take out websites hosting illegal movies. Just before you think that you can justify this behavior to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Using iPads For Mobile Test Centers
Increasingly we see the use of mobile devices to set up and run mobile test centers due to them being reliable, portable, tamperproof, light weight and low cost with a long battery life. Delivering...
View Article25 Worst Passwords
Many IT security holes exit due to poor passwords. To help promote understanding SplashData created the rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. Here is the complete...
View ArticleCNN Report on Doctors cheating on exams
Highlights of CNN investigation: American Board of Radiology: Doctors "cheating" on tests Test takers share questions from previous exams to study for tests Some doctors say it’s not cheating Except:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Global Cloud Computing Scorecard
The BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard ranks 24 countries (80 percent of the global ICT market) based on seven policy categories that measure the countries’ preparedness to support the growth of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chronology of Data Breaches from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Part of my role, as CEO of Questionmark, is to ensure that we provide the highest level of security for assessments authored and deployed using our systems. This provides me with a set of painstaking,...
View ArticleWSJ: Questionmark Signs Global Reseller Agreement with SAP
When things calm down a little I’ll be happy to share more, however, I thought that you might enjoy reading the Wall Street Journal article “Questionmark Signs Global Reseller Agreement with SAP”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A family that takes exams together stays together!
This photo shows parents scaling a multi-story building to help their kids cheat on an exam. That people are apparently willing to risk a 20-foot fall to help children cheat on a test speaks to how...
View Article3M Privacy For E-assessment Candidate Privacy
With an increasing number of online e-examinations replacing traditional paper based tests, protecting exams is a growing issue. In 2012/13 over 1600 Scottish University Students were caught cheating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CentERs caught rigging construction safety exams
The flagship scheme for certifying UK builders has been called into question after a string of test centers were caught rigging health and safety exams. Construction workers across the UK are required...
View ArticleFTC Fines Software Maker over False Data Encryption Claims
One of my pet peeves in the SaaS industry is when vendors that make false claims about their conformance to security requirements and it was encouraging to read this article where the Federal Trade...
View ArticleData Security – Don’t Underestimate what’s possible
In this video Samy Kamkar explains a stealthy Arduino-based device, camouflaged as a functioning USB wall charger, that wirelessly and passively sniffs, decrypts, logs and reports back (over GSM) all...
View Article
