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21st, November, 2013 In Technology By Mauricio Gonzalez

Two-Factor Authentication: A Security Essential

We've all heard about it on the news, online and in person—security breaches that result in hundreds or in some cases thousands of passwords being leaked to the wrong people. Adobe, Yahoo!, Facebook, and Twitter accounts get breached time and again. People are always faced with security breaches, and with more and more websites requesting users to login to access [...]

15th, August, 2013 In Technology By Mauricio Gonzalez

PCI Compliance at Senior Systems – Part 2

We at Senior Systems encourage our customers to become informed and involved when it comes to data security. This article is Part 2 in a series about PCI Compliance, discussing what we’ve been doing recently here at Senior Systems to become certified as PCI Compliant, and what that means to your school. As mentioned in PCI Compliance at Senior Systems [...]

30th, May, 2013 In Technology By Mauricio Gonzalez

PCI Compliance at Senior Systems – Part 1

Credit card and personal data security is a topic that’s constantly in the news these days, and you may have heard or read about PCI Data Security Standards or PCI Compliance for businesses that handle these sensitive types of information. Senior Systems takes data security very seriously, and this article provides some background to explain what exactly is meant by [...]

30th, April, 2013 In How-to By Mauricio Gonzalez

Getting Ready for Ascendance End of Year Processing

It’s that time of year! Students are getting ready to graduate or move on to their next challenge. School offices are wrapping up their administrative tasks for the current year, and looking ahead to the upcoming academic and fiscal year. End of year processing can seem like an overwhelming task, but with a little preparation and some good instructions, you [...]

26th, March, 2013 In How-to By Mauricio Gonzalez

Publishing Report Cards Electronically with My BackPack

Is your school trying to reduce the amount of paper generated and sent through the mail to parents and students? Since the release of version 92_0, many of our schools are now making use of the new electronic report card publishing features in Ascendance. There are several publishing options, and your school can use any (or any combination) of these: [...]

12th, March, 2013 In Products By Mauricio Gonzalez

My BackPack Redesign and Branding

Take Advantage of New Features Most of our customers use My BackPack in conjunction with the Ascendance product line. With release 92_3, we rolled out a whole new look for the My BackPack portal. The new My BackPack offers a variety of new and improved customization options, as well as an overall redesign of the site. A revised landing page [...]