RM has introduced further improvements to multi-factor authentication within RM Unify, strengthening the platform’s relevance at a time when schools and education organisations continue to prioritise cyber resilience, operational continuity and protection of sensitive data.
The update is focused on making multi-factor authentication easier to deploy across users, particularly in environments where trusted IP addresses are already in place. The company is continuing to refine an established education technology product around practical customer needs, with cybersecurity, usability and managed rollout all sitting at the centre of the development agenda.
Multi-factor authentication adds an additional layer of protection when users access important applications through RM Unify, including widely used systems such as Google, Microsoft 365 and CC5. In education settings, these systems can hold sensitive operational and personal data, making secure access an essential requirement rather than an optional enhancement.
The challenge addressed by the update is a practical one. Where a school uses trusted IP addresses, users on the school network may not be challenged for multi-factor authentication. That can be appropriate from an access-control perspective, but it also means users who have not yet enrolled may not be prompted to set it up while they are physically on site. Instead, they may only be asked to enrol when they are away from school and outside the trusted network, which is often the point at which immediate support from IT staff is least available.
RM has responded by adding configuration options within the RM Unify Management Console that allow schools to tailor the rollout of multi-factor authentication more closely to their own requirements.
RM plc (LON:RM) is a global EdTech provider of learning and assessment solutions, supporting the full learning journey, from early years through to higher education and professional qualifications.
