Press Release Summary: Cisco and its global Pearson VUE test providers announced a series of security upgrade
Press Release Body: July 22, 2008 Cisco and its global Pearson VUE test providers announced a series of security upgrade, which will strengthen Cisco\'s certification of the integrity and product portfolio value. Learning @ Cisco\'s global certification manager Erik Ullanderson said: \"The Cisco Certified series is information technology (IT) professionals to get their gold content of one of the highest certificate, it is essential to protect its reputation. Behalf of examination and other forms of cheating Certification would reduce personal certification organizations and the implementation of the value of certification. Pearson VUE and Cisco has recently improved its comprehensive development and submission of the examination, Shenxianshizu to actively confront the industry-wide problem. \" This time advanced security upgrade including the use of digital photos for candidates authentication, data forensic examination and analysis. Will start on August 1 implementation of new safety measures will include: -- In the transcripts and photos on the page notified - in the examination centre at the completion of a certification exam, candidates will receive photos and printed with the candidates only a preparatory report card authentication code. Usually, candidates can test 72 hours after the end of the use of authentication codes Pearson VUE landing site www.pearsonvue.com / authenticate to see your official results. Report card on the Internet will also show the same picture of the candidates. Candidates can view this online records available to employers or other third parties. -- Forensic analysis - will continue through forensic analysis software test results and other test data to identify abnormal behavior and the examination of suspected examination A tagged for further investigation. When found in the test results on the effectiveness of existing problems, the candidates will invalidate the results. According to the examination be marked the exact problem, it may be to re-test, the test ban within a year or even life-long ban examination of the punishment.