North Central College Steps Up Security with BIO-key IDaas Platform

North Central College Steps Up Security with BIO-key IDaas Platform

By Luke Bellos

Ransomware and similar threats are running rampant these days, and the business world is quickly recognizing the need to step up cyber security measures. But this issue is not exclusive to the corporate world: hacking groups are diversifying strategies, and now no organizations is safe.  

This week, leading workforce and customer identity and access management solutions developer BIO-key revealed North Central College is now utilizing the PortalGuard IDaaS platform to secure digital resources and student information with multi-factor authentication. Administrators enjoy secure access to apps  such as Blackboard, Microsoft Office 365, and Ellucian Colleague.

"Higher Education has become an attractive target for cyberattacks, so institutions are seeking highly secure, scalable, and redundant IAM solutions to safeguard both student and institutional data and resources," said Mark Cochran, President of BIO-key – PortalGuard. "The BIO-key security team, with our comprehensive suite of IAM solutions, is uniquely positioned to assist higher-ed institutions with enhancing their information security plans and effectively addressing the challenging risks to institutional security and privacy."

BIO-key is attracting a lot of attention in the world of higher education. With online learning growing in importance, college leaders are turning to BIO-key solutions to ensure network securityT he company’s products and solutions are currently being used by over 200 educational institutions, and supports roughly 2.5 million students, faculty, and other staff  members.

Interested in learning more about how managed services? Join MSP EXPO June 21-24, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for insights from leading experts within the MSP space.




Edited by Maurice Nagle
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. [Free eNews Subscription]

Editor, MSPToday

SHARE THIS ARTICLE
Related Articles

MSP Expo Gold Sponsor ThreatLocker Strengthens Zero Trust Focus with $115M Series D Funding

By: Greg Tavarez    4/25/2024

ThreatLocker's recent announcement of a $115 million Series D funding round only highlights further the increasing demand for better endpoint protecti…

Read More

BreachRx Secures $6.5M Seed Funding

By: Stefania Viscusi    4/24/2024

BreachRx closed a $6.5 million seed round, led by SYN Ventures, with additional support from Overline.

Read More

Bigleaf Networks and NHC Partner to Optimize the Edge

By: Greg Tavarez    4/24/2024

New Horizon Communications Corp. (NHC) entered a strategic collaboration with Bigleaf Networks to offer network communications services to organizatio…

Read More

Secure the Everywhere Work Landscape: Ivanti Launches EASM and Platform Upgrades

By: Greg Tavarez    4/24/2024

The recently released Ivanti Neurons for External Attack Surface management, or EASM, helps combat attack surface expansion with full visibility of ex…

Read More

Trellix Teams Up with Google Chrome Enterprise for Protection Against Insider Threats

By: Stefania Viscusi    4/23/2024

Cybersecurity firm Trellix, known for its extended detection and response (XDR) solutions, has partnered with Google Chrome Enterprise.

Read More