Credo Reference: Discus Login Breached
It has come to the attention of the SC State Library that the current statewide username and password for home access to the Discus resources has been published on Internet webpages and has led to unauthorized access to Credo Reference. This is a serious matter that breaches the terms of our vendor contract and has threatened the security of our state's virtual library.
It is a violation of the Discus licensing agreements to publish this information online where it is freely available to anyone. Sharing the username and password orally and through printed materials is fine and we certainly encourage both of those avenues, but posting this information on the Internet is prohibited. Therefore, the Discus Office has instructed Credo to disable the Discus login credentials for Credo Reference only. If teachers, students, or other users do not authenticate remotely using the geo-authentication technology that was implemented last fall or through your institution's proxy server, then they will not be able to access the resource with the current Discus username and password.
We have repeatedly requested that the login credentials not be placed on the Internet, but there are many people who did not abide by this request. Therefore, we have no alternative but to place this limitation on this valuable resource. This happened last year as well and we had hoped that our instructions would be followed this school year. Since this has not been the case, we are forced to implement this restriction. The Discus Office is happy to answer any questions you may have regarding this unfortunate but necessary measure.
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