The breakneck pace of the LX Aer team continues! Today, we are excited to announce the launch of LX SecurLock™ v2! LX SecurLock™ v2 is a significant step forward over the original LX SecurLock™, but it is not a visual update. To get a clear image of the significance of this transition, let’s look back at our innovations in security.
In November 2022, LX Aer revolutionized the secure testing space by launching LX SecurLock™, the only actually secure testing software for Apple devices. LX SecurLock™ had advanced security features built-in. In addition to the obvious features, which many of our competitors lack, such as preventing the launch of any other apps while the secure assessment is running, preventing copy and paste, and preventing background audio, LX SecurLock™ was able to prevent all apps on the system from accessing the Internet while the test was running, without forcing them to close, as well as detect advanced cheating measures, such as running the app in a virtual machine, and stop them dead in their tracks!
In January 2023, LX Aer revolutionized the learning management system space by launching LX SecurShield™, making LX SecurClass™ the only actually secure learning management system. LX SecurShield™ encrypts all data on LX Aer servers without LX Aer storing the decryption keys. This makes it impossible for any unauthorized party, including LX Aer, to access the data. This proprietary protocol was a significant leap forward in security for education.
Today, we are combining these. No, LX SecurLock™ and LX SecurShield™ are not about to be branded as one item. No, LX SecurLock™ will not gain support for functioning with LX SecurShield™… it had this support since the launch of LX SecurShield™. Starting today, LX SecurLock™ assessments are protected not only by the very same encryption protocol (TLS) that secures your connection to LX Aer, as well as online banking, medical records, etc., but are additionally protected in-transit by LX SecurShield™.
But why? If TLS is good enough to use for online banking, why does LX SecurLock™ need to go beyond that? Well, the difference is in who the data needs to be protected from. When an LX SecurLock™ assessment is downloaded, and later, a submission is uploaded, advanced cheating techniques can be used by a student to decrypt the data and log it. This means that they can later share the assessment questions and their responses with other students.
This is true no longer. With LX SecurLock™ v2, even the most brilliant and technologically-minded students will have no way to gain unauthorized access to data. While we commend their technical prowess, we remind them that assessments are a key part of the educational process.
LX SecurLock™ v2 will be available to all iOS and macOS users through the Apple App Store in the coming days. Mac users, you’re up first! You can download LX SecurLock™ v2 today from My Downloads.
