1. E Safety & Security Tools 13 th March 2009 Martin Quinn - The Westfield Centre

2. Multi Layered Approach Firewall Proxy Server Web Filtering Spam Filtering NED Boxes Anti Virus Software E Safety Software

3. Lancashire Firewall Internet CLEO Network Lancashire Firewall School Computers Internet Computer Prevents Computers on the Internet making connections to a school computer

4. Proxy Servers Proxy Servers – Provide a controlled means of getting out on to the internet –Provide a route to internet -Prevent Computers connecting Directly to Internet –Web traffic going through the proxy servers is subject to the filtering. –Log where web traffic is going

5. Stats Proxies deal with 65 Million Websites a day 1.2 million Website blocked a day –Most Block pages are adware –15,000 + sites classed as Pornographic –20,000 + sites involve nudity

6. Web Filtering Smart Filter Web Filtering –Uses TrustedSource technology which acts like a credit rating agency for websites –Protects against anonymous proxies which attempt to bypass filtering

7. Spam Filtering –Email goes through spam filters before it gets delivered to school which strips out a lot of spam –Virtually all spam generated from “zombie” computers –93% of email received is spam

8. Sophos Anti Virus Every day Sophos detects 19200 newly infected websites Protects against malicious programs that could ‘infect’ a computer and allow it to act as a host for inappropriate applications All Lancashire schools can use Sophos AV software

9. CLEO NED Ned Boxes host Espresso but allow schools to instantly block unsuitable sites They provide Logs that allow schools to see which web sites their users have been visiting. Forthcoming development is a greater degree of integration with Windows Active Directory to allow you to filter by AD groups

10. E Safety Software Monitors the whole school network not just the internet activity Provides a range of easily accessible reports Aiming for a launch in Summer Term

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