Increased internet access has exposed children to inappropriate content, with 90% of children aged 8-16 encountering pornography during their online searches. To combat this issue, security solutions such as content filtering and URL blocking are employed to monitor and restrict access to harmful sites. Netsentron's filtering technology uses blacklists, whitelists, and detailed logging to ensure responsible internet use in both public and private educational institutions.

2. The Problem … Increased access to the Internet means increased access to inappropriate sites and content.

3. Kids can get hate or porn Nine out of ten children (90%) between the ages of 8 and 16 have accessed pornography on the Internet. In most cases, these sites were stumbled upon while searching for information that was homework related. Using the Internet with a filter is using the Internet responsibly.

4. Security Solutions Internal Firewalls to secure appropriate access Web Site Monitoring including Content Filtering

5. Current Technology The most common is a URL blocker List of good and bad sites All requests are tested against the list Ie: Websense, Surfcontrol, N2H2 Allows new inappropriate sites to get through Block key words at the firewall Get “false positives” Blocking perfectly good sites

6. True Content Filtering Reads each HTML page and checks the content before it is delivered to the screen. Examples: Use a google search for dolls. MSN search on Breast Cancer

7. NetSentron Standard Content Filter Uses: Black list and White list Like websense or surf control Also uses a grey list Banned Phrases at the firewall Blocks domains or URLs Domain is the entire site URL for specific portions

8. NetSentron Advanced Content Filter Also Uses on every page every time: PICS rating system Weighted words and phrases English French Dutch Spanish Other dictionaries are available

9. Additional Benefits Activity Log Log all web activity and export for reporting purposes. Meets and exceeds up coming reporting requirements Web Proxy Cache common web pages to reduce bandwidth usage and improve response time.

10. Reduce Bandwidth Consumption Ban Mime types Reduce Bandwidth consumption and improve internet response time Traffic Shaping Allows you to limit bandwidth based on protocol to ensure that not one application or user monopolizes the internet bandwidth

11. Who is using the Net Sentron? Public Companies Private Companies Private Schools Public Schools Catholic School Districts Public School Districts

12. NetSentron Firewall & VPN True Content Filtering Deep Packet Inspection & Filtering Intrusion Detection Web Activity Monitoring Continuous Update & Upgrade Facility Easy to use and administer

13. Web Based Administration

14. Set Authentication to your server

15. Adjust the Filter the way you need

16. Content Filter Settings

17. Searching Breast Cancer

18. Detailed Results

19. Johnny gets an idea! In the true spirit of research Johnny, a 14 year old boy, wonders if there is a correlation between big breasts and breast cancer. He tries to search big breasts

21. Banned Page - School

22. What would he have seen?

23. Activity Log – where have they been

24. Allowed Sites

25. Banned Sites

26. Details on Denied Sites

27. Content filter Summary Uses Blacklists, Banned Words, Phrases etc. Can be scripted to deny using google image search without screening Discriminates between Research & Porn Blocks Pop ups Centralized Solution