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Honorlock’s Security-First Approach

The security behind Honorlock’s product, people, and processes helps protect exam integrity while giving institutions confidence and test-takers a more secure proctoring experience.

Enterprise-Grade Security
 for High-Stakes Testing

Built for Higher Education, Corporations, and Certification Programs

Honorlock’s security-first approach protects your organization’s integrity and your test-takers’ privacy across our product, people, and processes. We partner with IT leadership, compliance officers and instructional designers to deliver a seamless, fully secure assessment environment.

How Secure Is Honorlock?

See Honorlock’s independent BitSight Security Rating 
and learn how it reflects our cybersecurity posture.
Explore Our Security Rating

Data Governance
& Privacy

We don’t own your data – you do. Honorlock acts as a fully compliant data processor meeting strict FERPA, GDPR and global privacy standards, ensuring total data ownership and protection for students and professionals alike.

Certified Security
Infrastructure

SOC 2 Type 2 Certified: Our data management practices meet the highest industry benchmarks. 

End-to-End Encryption: All data is encrypted both in transit and at rest within secure, isolated U.S.-based cloud infrastructure.

Compliance Ready: We readily provide HECVAT and comprehensive security documentation to make your compliance reviews quick and painless.

Custom Data
Retention

Your organization dictates the lifecycle of your data. Honorlock honors your custom retention policies (set to a 365-day default) and automatically purges data according to your timeline and regulatory requirements.

Connected to Your Existing Systems

Honorlock plugs right into your existing tech stack. With native LTI integration, test-takers log in using their existing institutional or corporate credentials.

No extra accounts or passwords. No hassles.

Protection for Test Takers

Honorlock only collects exam-related information to provide proctoring services for your institution or organization.

What we collect depends on the exam settings and may include ID verification, a workspace scan, webcam recording, audio, desktop activity, websites visited during the exam, and proctoring flags.

What Test Takers Should Know About Honorlock Privacy and Exam Access

Never sells or monetizes
test-taker data

No monitoring after
the exam ends

Detects, not accesses,
other devices

Does not access home
Wi-Fi or routers

Retains data only per your institution's policy

Blocks unauthorized websites and apps

Supports single sign-on (SSO) via LTI

Extension can be removed after the exam

Ready to Secure Your Exams?

More than 500 academic institutions and credentialing organizations secure their exams and protect their reputation with Honorlock. Regardless of your unique needs, Honorlock has flexible, scalable, and secure proctoring solutions ready to go.