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Posted by Jamie Armstrong Anyone working with personal data, particularly in the European Union, will know that we are now just six months from “GDPR day” (as I have taken to calling it). On 25-May-2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will become applicable, ushering in a new privacy/data... Read More

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director Content validity is one of the most important criteria on which to judge a test, exam or quiz. This blog post explains what content validity is, why it matters and how to increase it when using competence tests and exams within regulatory... Read More

Posted by John Kleeman As you may have seen on our news site, Questionmark has just been certified to the Information Security standard ISO 27001. What is ISO 27001? ISO 27001 (full name ISO/IEC 27001:2013) is an international information security standard that is widely recognized as credible and authentic in... Read More

Posted by John Kleeman [repost from February 8, 2017] How do you keep a certification exam up to date when the technology it is assessing is changing rapidly? Certifications in new technologies like software-as-a-service and cloud solutions have some specific challenges. The nature of the technology usually means that questions... Read More

Posted by Julie Delazyn Don't get left behind as the most important change in data privacy takes effect May 2018. The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) intends to strengthen and unify privacy and data protection and any organization that stores or manages data about Europeans will need to comply.... Read More

Posted by Steve Lay In the beginning there was CVS, then there was SVN and now there's Git.  What am I talking about?  These are all source code control systems, systems that are used to store computer source code in a way that preserves the complete version history and provides... Read More

Posted by John Kleeman With the rise of data security leakages, most professional organizations are seeking to significantly upscale their cybersecurity to better protect their organization from information security risks. I see an increasing use of online assessments helping information security and thought I’d provide some pointers about this. There are... Read More

Posted by John Kleeman There’s a lot in the news recently about possible cybersecurity attacks on the political process. Here are some thoughts on how we can learn from this and apply it to assessment security. One of the most interesting documents I’ve read on this subject is the Department... Read More

Posted by Julie Delazyn Every day Questionmark customers around the world are deploying high stakes assessments – in 2016 alone, more than 12 million assessments were delivered through Questionmark OnDemand’s platform. 12 million + assessments is HUGE—that’s like saying every 2.5 seconds for 365 days someone is finishing an assessment.... Read More

Posted by John Kleeman Many blogs at this time of year seek to predict the year ahead, and many of them foresee more data breaches and security incidents in 2017.  But I’m a great believer that the best way to predict the future is to create or change it yourself.... Read More