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Websense is used by thousands of schools and universities worldwide. Websense allows educational institutions to transparently monitor, report on, and manage internet, protocol, and application usage.
In the UK Websense is accredited with approved Internet Filtering Product certification by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta). As an approved supplier, Websense is certified to provide schools with Web security and Web filtering solutions in line with national strategies and regulations on safe Internet use in education. Read more...
Websense enables schools to filter out inappropriate content while allowing relevant information to reach students. This flexible and highly accurate web filtering is possible because of the Websense Master Database. Websense also enforces the safe search capabilities of major search engines. In addition, even when not using safe search, Websense can block inappropriate thumbnail images in Google search engine results.
Websense permits school IT administrators to customize internet usage policies by user, group, workstation, or network. Thus, it is easy to enable faculty to access a different range of sites than students.
Laws like the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) can penalize schools that don’t use web filtering software by withholding federal internet and computer funding. Websense meets CIPA criteria.
Another legal concern for educators is lawsuits brought by concerned parents and organizations. Installing Websense software on your network limits legal liability by blocking inappropriate and objectionable material.
MP3s, streaming video, and online chats require a great deal of bandwidth and can seriously affect the network’s speed and performance. Websense allows schools to block sites with bandwidth-intensive content, thus improving overall network performance.
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