COMEDK turns to cybersecurity experts to prevent examination malpractice
The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) is hiring cybersecurity experts to prevent exam malpractice following incidents during the 2026 entrance tests. New security measures, including increased question paper sets and delayed password distribution, will be implemented for the 2027 exams.
Why it matters
This reflects the increasing pressure on educational institutions to secure high-stakes digital testing environments against sophisticated fraud.
The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) has decided to implement more stringent measures in future entrance tests to curb malpractices in the COMEDK-UGET exams.
COMEDK has decided to hire three cybersecurity experts to recommend technical measures that can be adopted for the next examinations to prevent any kind of malpractice.
The decision follows instances of malpractice at a few examination centres in Jamshedpur during COMEDK-UGET-2026.
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