EdScoop Special Report: Colleges prepare to graduate to next-gen identity systems

The need for stronger security and more seamless access to virtual campus life prompts higher ed officials to consider agile, passwordless identity platforms.


Higher education IT administrators have always been challenged with managing who has access to their institution’s resources. User profiles routinely blend together every semester as students work as campus employees, graduate students serve as faculty assistants and staff employees take online classes.

The challenge of identifying campus IT users—and controlling what resources they have access to—has become even more acute as students and faculty continue to adjust to remote learning conditions. That’s forcing colleges and universities to take a closer look at more agile and automated security solutions that can authorize and authenticate users’ id