CBSE says OnMark portal vulnerabilities contained amid security concerns

The Central Board of Secondary Education on Sunday said vulnerabilities identified in the OnMark portal of its service provider have been contained and efforts are under way to rule out any other exploitable weaknesses.

CBSE says OnMark portal vulnerabilities contained amid security concerns. The Central Board of Secondary Education on Sunday said vulnerabilities identified in the OnMark portal of its service provider have been contained and efforts are under way to rule out any other exploitable weaknesses. “We have been closely monitoring the vulnerabilities in the OnMark portal of our service provider that are being flagged in the public domain,” CBSE said in a statement posted on X. An expert team of cybersecurity professionals has been deployed over the last few days from across various arms of the government as well as the IITs to fortify these systems, including taking them over to a more secure set-up, the board said. “The identified vulnerabilities have been contained, and other exploitable weaknesses are being ruled out,” it said. CBSE said it...