Keeping a university’s computer system secure from outside hackers is only half the battle. Securing the thousands of student computers that log into campus networks on a daily basis is the other half. Protecting the university’s network is an around-the-clock challenge. The most common way to secure computers and networks is the oft-maligned password. But […]

A federal court is expected to rule this week on a mandate by the Northside Independent School District San Antonio, Texas requiring students to wear RFID-equipped name badges that enable school administrators to track a student’s whereabouts while on campus. But 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez is objecting to the mandate for religious reasons, calling the requirement […]

A proposal by Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, to fingerprint all its faculty has met with considerable resistance. Since early November, the university’s faculty senate has voted twice by a huge majority to reject fingerprinting for each of the school’s some 1,100 employees. “I have no problem with a background check – I have […]

Two corporations piloted NFC for physical access control with 80% to 90% of end users finding the system intuitive and easy to use. Netflix and Good Technology tested the solution from HID Global replacing either cards of key fobs with microSD cards embedded into Samsung Galaxy S III handsets. The phone has built-in, native NFC […]

A Texas high school student who has refused to wear an RFID-equipped name badge on religious grounds is awaiting a decision on a request to make a temporary restraining order permanent. If the court order is issued, the student won’t have to wear the badge. San Antonio’s Northside Independent School District last month began requiring […]

UK-based Swivel Secure, a network security solutions provider, has rolled out a university licensing program which enables schools in both the UK and North America to secure their network infrastructures more economically regardless of whether their data is stored in the cloud or on a virtual private network. Under the terms of the agreement, Swivel […]

Students aren’t the only ones who play hooky. Teachers are too, at least at India’s Delhi University. To combat this issue, the school is implementing a biometric system that will track attendance for both students and teachers. The teacher absenteeism problem has been going on for quite a while. Predictably, the move towards a biometric […]

College students are more interested in using their smart phones as an all-around identity product rather that what most colleges and universities now offer–picture IDs with a mag stripe or contactless chip, a study from SecurityInfowatch.com reports. The study, conducted among 980 U.S. four-year and two-year colleges and universities, found that convenience is the “ultimate […]

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who are utilizing their unlimited bus ride passes will, starting next week, have to produce their student ID card as well. The bus rides are paid for by the university’s student fees account and if a non-student is using the pass, he is costing the school money. Drivers will […]

In an effort to offer more protection for its students, the University of Southern California is installing fingerprint scanners at the entrance of all on-campus residence facilities. Students have until the end of this week to get their fingerprints scanned and a photo taken. Starting next Monday, a student will have to scan his finger […]