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IT Security in Education

To help mitigate the risk of identity theft and abuse of user details to access confidential data, Becta has provided some useful guidance on authentication to help schools prevent data breaches as they move processes and data to web-based domains.

Whether secure authentication is required for staff remote access to VPNs, web portals, VLEs or ePortfolios, or for online reporting for parents, organisations such as Wycombe High School, Yorkshire & Humber Grid for Learning (YHGfL) and many education authorities are realising the advantages of using two-factor authentication.

Working towards their goal to become an ‘Identity Provider’ (IdP), which would enable YHGfL to authenticate individual users across multiple applications from multiple public sector divisions, YHGfL’s Head of Support Services, Andrew Yoward says, “It (two-factor authentication) does exactly what we need it to for half the cost.  It protects everything – the network infrastructure and the services infrastructure.  We’re using it for VPN and system access throughout the network for secure authentication – it eliminates having to rely on static passwords.”

Discover today how you can meet Becta’s guidelines and have secure authentication with:

• Little to no upfront investment
• Seamless integration into existing systems
• Flexibility and scalability
• A wide range of tokens to suit specific needs