CIPA Compliance Solutions from SECURE COMPUTING®

Staying in Compliance with CIPA

The Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires schools and libraries with internet access to certify that they have Internet safety policies, and technology protection measures such as URL filtering, in place. CIPA compliance allows these institutions to receive the e-rate discounts for Internet access. All public schools and libraries with Internet connections are required to comply.

Achieving CIPA compliance ensures that young students are protected from harmful, inappropriate or offensive web sites. Secure Computing content filtering and web filtering software, leveraging the SmartFilter Bess edition, provides easy and highly accurate control over web sites that students can access. Bess is the number one choice of schools throughout the United States due to its ease of use, as well as its high level of quality and precision.

CIPA compliance, achieved through Secure Computing Web filtering and gateway appliances, brings multiple advantages. In addition to complying with the government mandate, CIPA compliance through Web filtering also brings the school the advantage of bandwidth preservation, and an additional layer of malware control. It is well known that malware, such as viruses, spyware and Trojans, are often hidden within certain categories of Web sites. When viewed, the malware auto-downloads, potentially causing harm to the network.

Secure Computing's Secure Web SmartFilter is a complete CIPA compliance solution. In addition to regulating students' use of the Internet, administrators can also get an easy view of usage with the included Secure Firewall Reporter™ application. Secure Firewall Reporter provides real-time snapshots of Internet traffic, as well as detailed reports that can be used in reporting CIPA compliance. And although students cannot get around the system, authorized instructors can override the system when needed with no problem.

Secure Web SmartFilter goes beyond other CIPA compliance solutions to ensure the highest degree of accuracy possible. In addition to a proven database of over 20 million blockage Web sites in over 91 categories, Secure Web SmartFilter now offers the best CIPA compliance around with the incorporation of the TrustedSource technology global intelligence system. TrustedSource technology works like a virtual credit agency, providing reputation scores for all URLs, domains and IPs, based on security risk. Using this real-time scoring, CIPA compliance is enhanced far beyond what would be possible with a database alone.

Schools around the country count on Secure Web SmartFilter Bess edition to protect students from inappropriate content and to achieve CIPA compliance. The Bess edition offers education-specific categories as well as Safe Search enforcement for true control. And of course, Secure Web SmartFilter Bess edition offers excellent education pricing. Secure Computing has helped schools of all sizes achieve CIPA compliance, from the smallest schools to the largest districts in the country. The powerful software integrates well into the network and works with all major firewalls and appliances.