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Internet filtering education for schools is more of an issue than even network security because it requires protection children and poses a financial, legal, and ethical liability for the school. Schools are often required to put web content filters in place in order to receive state and federal funding and grants. Internet filtering education shows that laws, such as the Childrens Internet Protection Act, define what kind of filtering and acceptable use policies (AUPs) need to be in place for the school to be in compliance.
Setting up Internet filtering and education has special conflicts to be resolved:
- Accurate filters, so that no obscene sites get through while all necessary sites for research are available
- Protection from social networking sites, which are honeypots for predators
- Control over instant messaging sessions, while still allowing students to use IM
- Long-term monitoring of all current usage
- Consistently applying filtering across a district-wide network
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Factor in with that schools have strained resources and limited IT personnel, and any filtering solution has to be easy to configure and maintain, integrates seamlessly with an existing network, be scalable for large networks, and have a low cost of ownership. The solution for Internet filtering and education is iPrism.
iPrism Internet filtering and education technology provides the means for schools to accurately identify dangerous or inappropriate sites and prohibit student access. iPrism has a two-front campaign for Internet filtering and education. One front of iPrism's Internet filtering and education technology uses tools to classify web page content with fast kernel-level filtering, the fully human-reviewed iGuard URL database, and category-based filter rules set through user profiles. The other front of iPrism's Internet filtering and education technology provides administration-friendly tools, with a single, central web configuration interface to configure filtering rules, even for multiple physical locations The Real-Time Monitor can be used to track current usage and bandwidt, logging and archiving network activity for filtering reports and simple installation for the filtering appliance and maintenance with automatic updates. This means three things for Internet filtering and education:
- Unparalleled filtering accuracy and precision for different users access
- iPrism's Internet filtering and education technology offers easy maintenance with no extra personnel, software, or hardware
- Scalable and consistent filtering for all computers throughout the school district
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