Cisco and Pearson VUE Combat Exam Fraud with Global Test Delivery Enhancements
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[July 22, 2008]

Cisco and Pearson VUE Combat Exam Fraud with Global Test Delivery Enhancements

TMCnet Contributing Editor
 
Cisco (News - Alert) and its global testing provider, Pearson VUE today announced a series of security enhancements that are expected to reinforce the “integrity” and “value” of the Cisco certification portfolio.


 
The advanced security enhancements include the use of digital photographs for candidate-identity verification and forensic analysis of testing data. Cisco officials said that the new measures are expected to be implemented starting August 1 2008.


 
These measures include Photo on Score Report and Web; Forensic Analysis;and  Preliminary Score Report.
 
Official said that on completion of a certification exam at the test center, candidates will receive preliminary score reports imprinted with their photos and “unique” authentication codes. This authentication code can be used to access a candidate’s official score online at Pearson VUE's website.
 
In addition, the online score report will also display the candidate's photo, and candidates can share access to their online records with employers or other third parties.
 
Under the Forensic Analysis measure the exam results and other testing data, officials said, will be continuously analyzed by forensic software to detect “aberrant testing behavior” and to flag suspect exams for further investigation.
 
If the problems are identified with the validity of a test result, the candidate's score will be invalidated. And officials said that depending on the exact issue with the flagged exam, further consequences may range from having to retake the exam to the imposition of a one-year or lifetime testing ban.
 
All paper score reports will be preliminary, pending the results of forensic analysis, said officials. Officials explained that once the exam scores are official, candidates will be able to use the authentication codes on their score reports to access the Pearson VUE website for score and photo verification.
 
Randall Trask, vice president of market development at Pearson VUE, said, “We determined that adding photos to score reports and providing employers with the ability to authenticate both the exam score and the person achieving it will provide a direct benefit to all.”
 
Anshu Shrivastava is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

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