Abstract:

Key distinctions this presentation will address are the differences between identity authentication and verification. Identity verification typically equates to logging in with LMS credentials. This is an insecure form of verification that can be defined as a single factor component that relies on seeing the same person consistently return.

The session will outline technical tools and procedural methods to authenticate the identity of students and to combat the growing fraud in distance education programs. Frictionless authentication aims to verify that the correct individual is participating by using a multi-factor approach, requiring something students have, something they are and something they know.

The session will also take a examine the rising tide of fraud being committed in the United States by analyzing current federal regulations and Department of Education Inspector General recommendations that have yet to be implemented.

Keywords:

Identity authentication, distance education, identity management.