Netbadge interface sees changes
October 21, 2009The Netbadge interface University students use to login to their e-mail and Collab accounts will get a new look tomorrow, said Mike McPherson, associate vice president and deputy chief information officer. The subtle changes will make the digital certificate option more noticeable and prominent to encourage students and University faculty and staff to login using that shortcut instead of typing in their passwords, McPherson said. "Digital certificates provide lots of protection against phishing because when you use a digital certificate your password never actually gets transmitted," McPherson said. In a few months the University will switch over to Netbadge 2, which will allow users to set up security questions to provide a higher level of assurance that they are who they say they are, McPherson added.
