Education and Testing Environments
Educational institutions and testing facilities require secure, consistent, and easily managed endpoints that can handle high turnover, shared devices, and strict compliance requirements. SCYLOS transforms every device into a stateless execution surface that resets by design, ensuring integrity and security without the overhead of traditional endpoint management.
The Challenge
Education and testing environments face unique endpoint management challenges:
- •Shared Device Security: Multiple users access the same devices, creating risks of data leakage, session persistence, and unauthorized access.
- •Exam Integrity: Standardized testing requires strict controls to prevent cheating, tampering, or unauthorized software execution.
- •Compliance Requirements: Educational institutions must comply with FERPA, COPPA, and other regulations that demand secure handling of student data.
- •Configuration Drift: Devices quickly diverge from standard configurations as students and staff make changes, install software, or accumulate malware.
The SCYLOS Solution
SCYLOS decouples execution from the operating system, turning endpoints into stateless execution surfaces that reset by design. Every session starts fresh, eliminating persistence, drift, and unauthorized modifications.
- •No Persistence: Nothing persists between sessions—no student data, no installed software, no configuration changes.
- •Centralized Intent: Authorized applications, policies, and configurations are distributed from a central control plane—no local administrative access required.
- •Exam Integrity: Lock down endpoints to execute only approved testing applications—no background processes, no unauthorized software, no tampering.
- •Zero Drift: Every device operates from the same immutable baseline—no exceptions, no accumulated changes.
Key Benefits
Guaranteed Fresh Start
Every student or test taker starts with a clean, consistent environment—no leftover files, no session history, no residue from previous users.
Exam Security and Integrity
Lock down endpoints to execute only approved testing applications with no background processes or unauthorized software—ensuring exam integrity.
Simplified Management
No operating systems to patch, no student-installed software to clean up, no device reimaging required—endpoints reset automatically after each session.
Compliance Ready
Meet FERPA, COPPA, and other regulatory requirements with zero data persistence and centralized policy enforcement.
Use Cases
Computer Labs and Classrooms
Shared workstations reset between classes, ensuring every student has a clean environment without IT intervention.
Standardized Testing
Provide secure, locked-down environments for high-stakes exams with no persistence of test data or user activity.
BYOD and Chromebook Environments
Enable students to use personal devices securely without risking institutional data persistence or unauthorized access.
Research and Development Labs
Provide isolated, reproducible environments for research projects without cross-contamination or persistent configuration changes.
Why SCYLOS for Education and Testing?
SCYLOS eliminates the security and management burden of shared educational devices by removing persistence entirely. Every session starts fresh from centralized intent, ensuring integrity, compliance, and security without the complexity of traditional endpoint management.
With SCYLOS, educational institutions can focus on teaching and learning—not endpoint management.