Cisco and Pearson VUE Combat Exam Fraud with Global Test

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Cisco and Pearson VUE Combat Exam Fraud with Global Test

The advanced security enhancements include the use of digital photographs for candidate identity verification and forensic analysis of testing data. The new measures, to be implemented beginning on Aug. 1, will include:

1. Photo on Score Report and Web – On completion of a certification exam at the test center, candidates will receive preliminary score reports imprinted with their photos and unique authentication codes. The authentication code can be used to access a candidate’s official score online at Pearson VUE’s website www.pearsonvue.com/authenticate usually within 72 hours of the examination. The online score report will also display the candidate’s photo. Candidates may share access to their online records with employers or other third parties.

2. Forensic Analysis – Exam results and other testing data will be continuously analyzed by forensic software to detect aberrant testing behavior and to flag suspect exams for further investigation. When problems are identified with the validity of a test result, thecandidate’s score will be invalidated. 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.

3. Preliminary Score Report – All paper score reports will be preliminary, pending the results of forensic analysis, until official exam scores are posted to the Web within 72 hours of exam completion. Once the exam scores are official, candidates may use the authentication codes on their score reports to access the Pearson VUE website for score and photo verification.

Read the whole .pdf from PearsonVue here.

-Ken