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Covid-19 has made significant adjustments to all spheres of Kazakhstan's society, the education sector was no exception, and therefore all educational organizations were forced to urgently activate distance learning. Of course, organizations of higher and postgraduate education used a distance learning format before the pandemic. Kazakh schools experienced difficulties with the distance learning format. One of the problems of distance education is that academic honesty in relation to online tests is dangerous because of deception, which artificially gives a high score. To solve these problems, an online proctoring system was used, designed to eliminate and prevent academic dishonesty. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of online tests with proctoring and online tests without proctoring. The test results of 220 students studying in different groups of the online course were compared using linear models of mixed effects, some students did not use a proctoring system, and the rest were forced to use online proctoring software. Students scored an average of 11 points less and spent less time on online tests that used proctoring software compared to tests without a proctoring system. A significant difference in grades and different use of time was in different exams, both for sections of the same course, and in the fact that some students used software for testing, while others were absent. The necessity of introducing the use of a proctoring program for online learning and distance education is justified. The necessity of using innovative tools in the field of education, in particular in online learning, is actualized. The introduction of proctoring systems increases the reliability of the assessment of educational results in the online mode. It is necessary to further develop the capabilities of proctoring technology and its wide implementation in all universities of the country. The use of this software system will allow educational organizations to improve the quality of the results of distance education provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modern education is aimed at providing an opportunity to acquire quality knowledge and skills. Many studies in recent years demonstrate the significant contribution of information technology to improving the quality of acquired knowledge and skills in all areas of education. To assess the quality of the knowledge gained during the educational process, it is necessary to carry out control in various forms. Significant pedagogical research proves the effectiveness of test control to obtain an assessment of knowledge and skills. Information technology can help increase the independence of testing and assessment from the personality of the teacher, that is, increase objectivity through the use of an automated test form. In accordance with modern realities, the development, implementation and subsequent use of automated software for testing knowledge takes place on the Internet. In this regard, information security is a factor that must be identified as the most important. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to develop and implement an automated web-based knowledge testing system with an increased level of information security. One of the most popular open source web application security research projects, the Open Web Application Security Project, publishes the top ten most common threats annually. The paper presents the development of a software protection mechanism, the level of information security of which ensures the protection of information from the most critical risks established in accordance with the OWASP Top 10 2021. The developed software product can be recommended for use in higher and general educational institutions, to improve the quality of knowledge and objectivity through the use of a test form in an automated format with an increased level of information security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]