1. A device, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; one or more video capture devices communicatively coupled to the processor; and one or more sensors, wherein the memory stores instructions, that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: verify that a user is authenticated to the device, using only local information stored on the device; provide an examination or training session to the user using only local information stored on the device, the examination or training session each comprising a plurality of questions selected from one or more question banks; capture and locally store a plurality of metrics during the examination or training session, the plurality of metrics captured periodically and intermittently at a frequency unknown to the user, wherein the plurality of metrics comprise at least two of security metrics, performance metrics, and analytical metrics; determine an expectation of performance of the user based on previously stored performance metrics, the previously stored performance metrics associated with the user and collected during one or more previous training or mock examination sessions of the user; monitor actual performance of the user during a formal examination; compare the expectation of performance with the actual performance; and increase capture of security metrics for the formal examination or for another formal examination based on the actual performance exceeding the expectation of performance by a pre-determined threshold, wherein the security metrics comprise information, obtained from the one or more video capture devices or the one or more sensors, related to determining an identity of a person interacting with the device during the examination or training session, wherein the performance metrics comprise information related to the user's performance in answering the questions of the examination or training session, and wherein the analytic metrics comprise information, other than the security metrics, pertaining to a defined group of users, the information having commercial value or being useful for improving or evaluating training, the defined group of users belonging to a given category or entity, the category being a demographic, geographic, industry, market, or business category, and the entity being a manufacturing, production, supplier or marketing entity.