Viennese Teacher Dismissed After Refusal of ID Austria

According to "Standard", the transition of the school system Sokrates in spring 2025 was the trigger for the conflict. Teachers are required to enter student data, including grades, there. Until March, simple access with a username and password was possible, according to the report. Since then, multi-factor authentication with ID Austria has been required.

No Alternative to ID Austria According to Ministry

As the ministry informed the APA, only this variant is used. Possible alternatives would only be authentications from a private provider such as Microsoft or Google. "For official applications, the federal government uses its own official ID Austria, as this enables the highest level of data security, data protection, and digital sovereignty," it emphasizes.

Those who do not want to use their private mobile phone for this have the option, according to the ministry, to use a so-called FIDO2 token. USB sticks are used here. However, you also need ID Austria for this.

The educator has repeatedly publicly criticized the regulation, pointing out that ID Austria is "private and voluntary." She believes she is in the right, as she explained to "Standard": "ID Austria is not without alternatives. Many banks also work with their own two-factor authentication, why can't the Ministry of Education do the same?" According to the report, she now intends to take action against her dismissal.

(APA/Red)

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