LeMoyne-Owen College switches from Microsoft to QuickLaunch to Provide Secure Login Experience to its Remote Users
Chicago, IL – June 12, 2020: LeMoyne-Owen College, a private historically black college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and located in Memphis, Tennessee. replaces Microsoft with QuickLaunch to provide a unified, secure login experience to their users.
LeMoyne-Owen College was using Microsoft Active Directory as a Single Sign-On solution. The institution wanted a scalable solution that can provide a seamless, secure login experience to its users. QuickLaunch provided them with Single Sign-On, Password Manager with MFA, Adaptive Authentication and User Self-Registration.
QuickLaunch Single Sign-on will allow the users (student, staff and faculty) at LeMoyne-Owen College to login to multiple applications such as Office 365, PowerCampus, PowerFAIDS etc.
Password Manager with MFA will allow users to reset passwords without the intervention of IT help desk using multiple factors such as email, SMS and security questions.
Adaptive Authentication will detect unusual user behavior and will send notifications to the user for suspicious activity detected. In case of suspicion, the user will be prompted to verify his/her identity before login.
User Self-Registration will streamline onboarding process. A welcome letter with self-registration link will be sent to first time users so that they can set up their security profile.
QuickLaunch will help the institution to achieve intended user experience by creating a secure adaptive learning environment, providing students, staff and faculty with remote access to institutional resources and retooling the current environment in order to move to a 15% online curriculum.
LeMoyne-Owen College aims to enhance overall technology infrastructure for students, staff and faculty by protecting them against the evolving threat landscape. This will also help the institution to lower a number of potential security risks to pertinent systems. This effort will further help the institution with retention and persisting student success on college competences.
About LeMoyne-Owen College
Founded in 1862 as LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School, LeMoyne-Owen College is a privately held historically black institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a four-year liberal arts college that provides a transformative experience for students of all ages with a goal of preparing them for future professional endeavors. LeMoyne-Owen College is also an accredited institution through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSOC) to award the baccalaureate degree.
About QuickLaunch
QuickLaunch is the only AI-first identity and integration platform-as-a-service (IDaaS and iPaaS) that transforms how cloud-savvy institutions and companies manage human and device authentication, authorization, access control and integration. QuickLaunch leverages AI to autodetect threats and step up authentication. More than 500 institutions such as New Mexico State University and Colorado Community College System along with companies such as Jenzabar, Unifyed, OculusIT, and BlackBeltHelp trust QuickLaunch to protect and manage over 2,000,000 identities and integration to over 3,000 applications such as Salesforce, Adobe Creative Cloud, Box, Canvas, Blackboard, G Suite and Office 365.