Unisphere: Highly Secure
Exam Portal
How we built a massive-scale university assessment portal with impenetrable browser security and Kubernetes-driven microservices.
The Challenge
Universities face immense challenges when transitioning internal assessments online. Not only do the systems need to handle massive, simultaneous traffic spikes (when hundreds or thousands of students start an exam at the exact same minute), but the security standard must be absolutely impenetrable to prevent cheating or bypassing restricted environments.
The Requirements
High-Workload Infrastructure
Must seamlessly scale during intense exam windows without a single transaction failure.
Anti-Cheat Enforcement
Deep integration into secure environments to completely lock down the operating system.
Bespoke Browser Forking
Standard browsers aren't safe enough; needed a custom configuration of SafeExamBrowser.
EKS Infrastructure & Custom Security
We architected a bulletproof microservices backend hosted on Kubernetes, paired with a custom-compiled SafeExamBrowser.
Kubernetes (EKS)
Deployed a microservices architecture on AWS EKS that automatically scales pods horizontally identical to traffic spikes.
Custom SafeExamBrowser
Forked and deeply configured the open-source SEB to strengthen security protocols, ensuring students absolutely cannot bypass the lock-in.
Node.js Microservices
Built specialized Node.js microservices to isolate exam processing, timer state, and auto-submission workloads.
