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Next Wave of Student Security
on April 22, 2009
With all the stories about Internet hackers and identity thieves, schools are worried about how to protect their students' information. The standard security questions such as "what city were you born in?" or "what was your mother's maiden name?" aren't secret anymore: You can find the answers online.
Schools know that Internet users face risks when going online, which means that they have to find a new identity solution that protects students and staff from identity thieves, said Scott Charney, the corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
"There's always a percentage of the population up to no good," Charney said.
The 50 schools in the Lake Washington School District in Washington are test-driving a new Microsoft identity-based security technology that allows students and teachers to access grades and class schedules, CNET News reports. The students and parents will take identification information to school to show that they are who they say they are, and then the students will be able to access online education materials using small notebook PCs with identity information cards on them.
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