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TRENDS & INSIGHTS · October 30, 2025

Another Cloud Outage: What Businesses Can Learn from the Azure Downtime

It happened again. Another major cloud provider went down. Two weeks ago, it was AWS. Then on Oct 29th, it was Microsoft Azure. The Azure outage affected core services like Azure Databricks, Azure Maps, and Azure Virtual Desktop. It lasted over eight hours, according to CRN. CNBC reported that it disrupted thousands of users just days before Microsoft’s earnings call. Az

AI October 26, 2025

Why AI Proctoring Is Essential in Today’s Classrooms

Why Multi-Cloud Architecture Isn't Optional

PRIVACY & SECURITY October 20, 2025

Why Multi-Cloud Architecture Isn't Optional

TRENDS & INSIGHTS October 10, 2025

Why Candidates Misrepresent Themselves in Interviews and What Employers Can Do About It

Discover how Proctorio is working to go beyond carbon neutrality. From solar-powered systems and reduced travel emissions to global reforestation and clean energy projects, see the company's data-driven path toward becoming carbon negative by 2025.

SUSTAINABILITY September 21, 2025

Tracking, Reducing, and Offsetting: Proctorio's Path to Carbon Negativity

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PRIVACY & SECURITY September 10, 2025

Proctorio Has Been Blocking Google's "Homework Helper" for Years

TRENDS & INSIGHTS August 15, 2025

Academic Integrity Needs More Than Just Monitoring

TRENDS & INSIGHTS July 28, 2025

What We Learned About AI at the Anthology Conference: 3 Clear Takeaways (And What To Do Next)

TRENDS & INSIGHTS July 14, 2025

From Crisis to Integrity: Rebuilding Trust in the Age of Cheating

TRENDS & INSIGHTS June 25, 2025

Why Digital Privacy Matters in Education | Preparing Students for a Data-Driven World

AI June 20, 2025

Dave Ernest on AI Proctoring and Equity: Insights from OTC 2025

TRENDS & INSIGHTS June 20, 2025

What We Heard at the 2025 Online Teaching Conference: Faculty and Institutional Challenges in the Age of AI

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AI June 16, 2025

Building Trust: The Foundations of Responsible AI

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PRIVACY & SECURITY May 28, 2025

How Proctorio Blocks Cluely: Stopping AI Cheating Tools Like Cluely in Online Exams

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ANNOUNCEMENT February 13, 2025

Proctorio: Where Machines Assist, Humans Decide

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ANNOUNCEMENT January 21, 2025

Looking Back on 2024: A Year of Growth, Innovation, and Community

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PRIVACY & SECURITY November 18, 2024

Setting the Record Straight: On Civil Rights Violations

ANNOUNCEMENT September 17, 2024

The Role of Assessment Analytics in Improving Learning Outcomes

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ANNOUNCEMENT September 3, 2024

Best Practices for Designing Secure Online Assessments

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ANNOUNCEMENT August 21, 2024

Use Case: New Jersey Center for Teaching & Learning

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PRIVACY & SECURITY August 14, 2024

Data Security & Privacy in Context: A (Former) User’s Story – Pt. 3 of 3: Transition

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PRIVACY & SECURITY July 31, 2024

Data Security & Privacy in Context: A (Former) User’s Story – Pt. 2 of 3: Implementation

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PRIVACY & SECURITY July 17, 2024

Data Security & Privacy in Context: A (Former) User’s Story – Pt. 1 of 3: Crisis & Adoption

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ANNOUNCEMENT July 12, 2024

Spotlight: Our Design Team

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ANNOUNCEMENT May 3, 2024

Setting the Record Straight: On the Necessity of (Online) Proctoring

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ANNOUNCEMENT April 26, 2024

11 Years

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ANNOUNCEMENT April 22, 2024

Earth Day 2024

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ANNOUNCEMENT March 29, 2024

Women’s History Month 2024

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PRIVACY & SECURITY March 21, 2024

Setting the Record Straight: End-to-End Encryption Pt. 2

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ANNOUNCEMENT January 11, 2024

That's A Wrap! Community Service 2023

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ANNOUNCEMENT November 22, 2023

What are we grateful for?

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ANNOUNCEMENT November 02, 2023

EdTech Showdown: LMS vs E-Assessment Explained

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ANNOUNCEMENT October 20, 2023

Our Commitment to Our Principles

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ANNOUNCEMENT October 2, 2023

Response to RTL Nieuws

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PRIVACY & SECURITY September 19, 2023

Setting the Record Straight: Encryption

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ACCESSIBILITY September 14, 2023

Setting the Record Straight: On Getting into Your Exam

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ANNOUCEMENT July 28, 2023

Setting the Record Straight: Fairface

ANNOUCEMENT July 10, 2023

Setting the Record Straight: OpenCV

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ACCESSIBILITY June 8, 2023

Setting the Record Straight: On Neurodiversity

ANNOUNCEMENT May 5, 2023

Level 10

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ANNOUNCEMENT April 22, 2023

Happy Earth Day

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ANNOUNCEMENT April 10, 2023

Paving the Way for Ethical Technology

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PRIVACY & SECURITY November 3, 2022

Setting the Record Straight: On Financial Information

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PRIVACY & SECURITY October 28, 2022

Setting the Record Straight: On Privacy

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ANNOUNCEMENT October 6, 2022

Why Our Office Is Important to Us

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ANNOUNCEMENT September 30, 2022

No Social Media Magic—Just the Truth

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ANNOUNCEMENT September 2, 2022

Curtains Going Up

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ANNOUNCEMENT August 24, 2022

Striking a Balance

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PRIVACY & SECURITY June 03, 2022

Our Commitment to Protecting Your Privacy

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ANNOUNCEMENT April 29, 2022

Proctorio's Ninth Birthday

Earth Day 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT April 22, 2022

Our Earth Day Commitment

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION April 01, 2022

Proctorio and AKAD University receive the eLearning Award 2022

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ANNOUNCEMENT March 25, 2022

LEGAL UPDATE

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ANNOUNCEMENT March 18, 2022

A Reliable Connection, Wherever You Are

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PRIVACY & SECURITY January 5, 2022

Security in an Unsecured World

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ANNOUNCEMENT November 24, 2021

Reflections on Thanksgiving 2021

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BEST PRACTICES September 21, 2021

Exam Administrator best practices for ethical use of Proctorio

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ANNOUNCEMENT August 24, 2021

Proctorio addresses remote proctoring industry concerns

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ANNOUNCEMENT July 31, 2021

Introducing Proctorio’s new and improved Policy Center

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ANNOUNCEMENT May 05, 2021

Celebrating Our Eighth Birthday

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BEST PRACTICES May 04, 2021

Countdown to Summer Break Best Practices for Final Exams

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SUSTAINABILITY April 21, 2021

Proctorio reduces test-taking emissions by nearly 400 million kg since January 2020

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ANNOUNCEMENT March 10, 2021

2020 Year in Review: Growth in a Difficult Time

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ACCESSIBILITY February 01, 2021

Our commitment to accessibility

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UPDATES January 27, 2021

Proctorio’s new partnership with Microsoft Edge for enhanced data privacy and security

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BEST PRACTICES December 09, 2020

Best Practices for final exams

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PRIVACY & SECURITY November 01, 2020

Enhanced encryption and security features for Fall Semester 2020

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PRIVACY & SECURITY October 06, 2020

Why Proctorio requests certain browser permissions

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BEST PRACTICES September 11, 2020

Ethical usage of our technology

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PRIVACY & SECURITY August 16, 2020

Why Proctorio does not use facial recognition

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PRIVACY & SECURITY August 15, 2020

How Proctorio approaches data security and test-taker privacy

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SUSTAINABILITY August 23, 2019

Businesses must become carbon neutral