The importance of broadband filtering
School broadband filtering is becoming ever more important with accessibility to inappropriate sites and apps becoming ever easier. This is why filtering is so important in a school environment. We need fast and easy access to important and appropriate sites, but we also need high quality sercure filtering. Creating the right balance between an overzealous filtering system, which blocks access to much needed sites, and a filtering system which is sophisticated enough to ensure complete protection is key to modern school broadband services.
Unite 6’s filtering software works on any device it is on regardless of where that device is used. So, for example if a student is given a laptop to take home to work on the filtering will still work at home. This is useful particularly in a post-covid world where remote learning is likely to play and ongoing role in education. Although restrictions are beginning to lift, it is likely that much more learning will be done at home in future.
There are so many added benefits with security, as well the complete online visibility that our service offers, giving you full visibility into students’ online activity whilst monitoring for signs of cyberbullying or troubling behaviour.
Key advantages of Filtering
- Stay up-to-date with no bulky hardware: software crashes, agents, or network bottlenecks.
- Available on all devices: Chromebooks, Macs, iPads and Windows. No matter the device the Filter supports any operating system.
- Seamless authentication: Google, Azure, and Active Directory authentication using G Suite or Office 365.
- Easy set up: Get set up in 15 minutes. No hardware.
- Scalable: Filter your traffic to virtually unlimited amounts of bandwidth and concurrent connections.
- Unlimited data retention
- 90 days of searchable data bandwidth and concurrent connections and unlimited data retention
- Live activity feed: know your students’ online activity. Our pioneering visual audit trail makes it easy to see favicons, exact searches, and video thumbnails at a glance.
Features of our broadband filtering
AI-based context analysis
Using AI we are able to filter monitors for signs of cyberbullying, troubling behaviour and inappropriate content across social networking and web searches. If a student is suffering or looking at concerning content, you’ll know.
Selective SSL decryption
Virtually eliminate performance issues and security concerns with our one-of-a-kind approach to web filtering and decrypting secure web traffic.
AI-flagged alerts and granular reporting
Sophisticated AI alerts and activity reports going to the right people
Shared reporting
You will have quickly downloadable reports available and scheduled when required or email reports can be delivered if required.
Flagged alerts
The filter is able to analyse searches and sites visited with the longest-learning AI on the market. Our separate flagged activity feed lets you focus on the concerning trends at your school or district.
Filtering that works from Pupils Homes too
Customisable unparalleled parental control solution. When school laptops and tablets are taken home the same filtering will take place as on school premises.
Take-home and guest policies
In addition to creating your own policies, customizable Take-Home and Guest policies come included with Filter to make sure the right devices and people are filtered and protected on and off campus.
Parental controls
Give parents control over their child’s school device when it goes home so they can view their child’s online activity, “pause” the internet, and set their own filtering rules. When it comes to granting control for parent access, you hold the key.
Policy map and custom groups
The policy map makes it easy to move Organisational Units (OUs) from one policy to another and create custom groups for a pre-set amount of time to allow or deny access — all without needing Google or Microsoft Azure directories.
Secure and reliable broadband
Browse our selection of fibre broadband packages and choose the best for your school. We are always to discuss your wants and needs at Unite 6.