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Aladdin and SafeNet have been protecting user authentication and password
management for the education sector for the past five years. Specifically across
Europe, Aladdin and SafeNet are securing a variety of educational institutes.
Pius X College in Bladel, Netherlands is one of the largest regional education
institutions with 2400 students and 300 employees. The college is currently
using eToken solutions to protect against unauthorized access, whether users
are physically at the institution or at a remote location and securing personal
student information.
“The advent of enabling technologies such as remote network access and
eLearning platforms have assisted educational institutions to operate more
efficiently and provide advanced offerings to faculty and students. However,
with such technologies come significant challenges related to the protection of
user privacy and data,” says Doron Cohen, Chief Technology Officer,
Authentication, at Aladdin Knowledge System.
“Education facilities enhance the productivity of faculty, students and staff by
providing users with widespread and mobile access to necessary data and
applications in the classroom, at home, or on the road. Due to this, there is an
increased need for identity management with strong authentication. In order to
reduce threats and assure that only authorized users are accessing the
education’s networks, there is an increased need for validation that a user is
authorized access to the network,” he adds.
“Education facilities are fully automated and now these networks contain
personal information and student records. There is an increase need for
protecting this personal information due to government regulations. The
number of security incidents, whereby personal data on students, faculty and
staff has been compromised has increased dramatically in the past few years. In
Europe, several European Commission (EC) Directives, such as Directive
95/46/EC provide rules for protecting data and privacy. In order to achieve and
maintain compliance with these government regulations, education institutes
are encrypting this personal data.”
Recession or no recession, no school can afford a breach of security that puts
pupils at risk whether they are on site or online. Whatever area of the school
needs protecting, a one-size-fits-all solution is not suitable. There are a number
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