Assessment security
Proctoring and lockdown, anti-cheat controls, zero-trust access and ISO 27001-certified infrastructure — so you can run high-stakes assessments with total confidence, from the browser to the backups.
Desktop lockdown
Enforced
Video & audio proctoring
Recording
Copy, paste & screenshots
Blocked
Question randomisation
A unique paper per candidate
IP allowlist
On-site network only
One-time passcode
Required to start
Multi-factor authentication
Required
Trusted by professional organisations, awarding bodies, and universities worldwide
Security, end to end
Stop cheating, control who can reach what, and keep candidate data safe and available — all on one certified platform.
Deter and detect cheating with lockdown, proctoring, randomisation, tamper-proof timers and one-time passcodes — so you can stand behind every result.
SSO, MFA, fine-grained least-privilege roles and segregated sub-portals mean people only ever reach what they should.
ISO 27001 certification, encryption in transit and at rest, and immutable, point-in-time backups keep data protected and recoverable.
Exam integrity
Layered anti-cheat controls you configure to the stakes of each exam.
Lockdown & proctoring
Enforce full-screen lockdown that blocks other apps, tabs and tools, and add video and audio proctoring with automatic breach detection — from lightweight record-and-review to live supervision.
Randomisation
Shuffle questions and answer options, and draw unique papers from your banks, so answers can’t be shared or memorised between candidates.
Copy, paste & screenshots
Block copy, paste and right-click in the browser, and prevent screenshots and screen capture in the desktop app — protecting your questions from leaking out.
Locked attempts
Attempts stay locked until released, unlocked by a one-time passcode or an invigilator. Restrict access by IP or CIDR range, and set precise rules for whether and how candidates can re-enter after a disconnection.
Content & identity
Your question banks are valuable IP. Beyond blocking copy, paste and screenshots, you can connect the tools you already trust — run submissions through Turnitin or other similarity and plagiarism services via our APIs and webhooks.
And confirming the right person is sitting the exam is getting easier still.
Learn about identity verificationThe desktop app blocks screenshots and screen recording during the exam.
Connect Turnitin or similarity checkers through our APIs and webhooks.
Automated biometric identity checks to confirm the candidate before they begin.
Zero-trust access
Least-privilege access by design — from sign-in to sub-portals — so content teams and candidate data stay firmly apart.
Sign in with SAML, ADFS, Auth0, JWT or LTI, and add TOTP multi-factor authentication for an extra layer of protection.
Field-level role-based access keeps content authors away from candidate data — and keeps markers, reviewers and admins to exactly their remit.
Give each client or department a walled-off space; their users, exams and results stay completely separate from everyone else’s.
Unique candidate invites, distributable exam vouchers and signed, time-limited links control exactly who gets in, and when.
Reliability & infrastructure
The infrastructure behind your exams is as secure and dependable as the controls in front of them.
Independently audited, with continuous compliance monitoring via Vanta.
All data encrypted in transit and at rest, on private networks kept off the public internet.
Ransomware-proof backups with continuous recovery and a 5-minute recovery point objective (RPO).
A multi-availability-zone database and an architecture built to avoid single points of failure.
A 99.9% uptime commitment as standard, with regular penetration testing.
Built and supported by our own UK-based team — we don’t outsource.
See it in action
Book a tailored demo and we’ll walk through proctoring, anti-cheat, zero-trust access and the certifications your IT and procurement teams need.
Integrity you can prove
When a result is challenged, you need evidence. Synap keeps a full audit trail of significant actions — who did what, and when — alongside a timestamped event history for every attempt, with suspicious activity automatically flagged.
Combined with rigorous marking controls and clear candidate terms, it means every outcome is transparent, traceable and defensible on appeal.
Significant admin and candidate actions are logged for accountability.
A timeline of each attempt, with breaches and overrides recorded automatically.
Present your terms and integrity rules to candidates before they begin.
Anonymised and independent marking keep results objective and consistent.
Part of one platform
Assessment security connects to the rest of the platform.
Video, audio, lockdown and AI-assisted review.
View proctoringISO 27001, hosting, backups and the full technical detail.
View data protectionConfirm who is really taking the exam (coming soon).
View identity checksAutomate access, and connect similarity and plagiarism tools.
View APIsI cannot say enough about this team! From the initial contact Synap worked with me to find a plan within our budget that met all of our requirements, exam security, including automated proctoring. My experience was far beyond my expectations.
Chair | NESACS Ashdown Examination
Synap came to our rescue when we needed a platform for computer-based testing, with a short turnaround time. Readily customizable, easy to use. We are very impressed with Synap and hope to continue working with them for our annual testing needs.
Chair | AAO
I am never going back to writing a paper-based exam and I will not use another examination provider. This team got every single student through the exam with a professional attitude, support and kindness.
Program Director | University of the Free State
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