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Do Tumblr’s New Policies Make It Appropriate for K-12 Schools?

Katie McCarthy | Last update: December 7, 2018

This week, Tumblr announced that it would be making a huge change to its community policies. CEO Jeff D’Onofrio said Tumblr is “no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity” starting Monday, December 17, 2018.

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How Relay Keeps Students Safer

Amy Bennett | Last update: October 5, 2018

Web filtering in today’s schools is about more than blocking and allowing web sites; it’s also about keeping students safe — from inappropriate content as well as from things like bullying and self-harm — while still allowing the learning and collaboration mobile technology brings. Relay is a smarter filter that keeps students safer.

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5 Tips to Boost Cybersecurity in Your School

Erin Well | Last update: October 1, 2018

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. For K-12, it’s a good time to reflect on your efforts to protect your network and educate students on the importance of cybersecurity. When students and staff are online, they’re vulnerable to cybercriminals stealing data, passwords, and much more.

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This Competing School Filter Blocks Only 40 Percent of Pornographic Websites

Amy Bennett | Last update: July 16, 2018

There’s been some disparaging content about “URL-based filtering” lately – suggesting that it isn’t able to effectively block without over-blocking. At Lightspeed Systems, we understand that while educational content shouldn’t be over-blocked, adult content shouldn’t be under-blocked, either. Schools need to maintain that fine balance – and Lightspeed Systems has built the technology that delivers the balance schools need.

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8 Things to Check out at ISTE 2018

Erin Well | Last update: July 16, 2018

Thousands of K-12 edtech pros will descend upon Chicago for ISTE 2018 next week. We know there’s a lot to do and see during the conference, and you need to make the most of your time in the Windy City.

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Join the Filtering Revolution! Get Relay for Every OS Now

Erin Well | Last update: October 11, 2018

After months of testing, pilot studies, and rigorous feedback processes, Relay‘s Smart Agents are here! We’re happy to announce Smart Agents for Windows, Mac and iOS are in general release.

This means you can deploy Smart Agents to your Windows, Mac, iOS and Chrome devices now. The best part? Because Relay lives in the cloud, school districts can set it up quickly — in as few as 15 minutes.

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Thinking About Cloud Filtering? 10 Things You Need to Know About Switching From Hardware

Erin Well | Last update: January 11, 2019

Have you thought about cloud filtering? 94% of school districts surveyed in COSN’s Annual Infrastructure Survey say they leverage some type of cloud-based software system. With the popularity of cloud-based LMSes such as Google Classroom and the widespread adoption of Chromebooks for one-to-one deployments, schools are increasingly reliant on cloud-based systems to power learning.

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How to Easily Decrypt SSL on Any Device

Erin Well | Last update: July 26, 2018

Hate setting up proxy servers, trust certificates, or PAC files for SSL decryption? You’re not alone; SSL decryption is a time-consuming, costly process.

Unfortunately, schools can’t afford to not get full reporting on HTTPS traffic. More than half of all websites are encrypted, including Google and YouTube. It’s critical for schools to decrypt this traffic in order to set filtering policies and get accurate reports on student activity.

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What’s So Smart About Smart Agents?

Amy Bennett | Last update: May 16, 2018

Smart Agents power Relay’s multi-OS content filtering. But what makes Smart Agents so smart?

Self-Contained SSL Decryption
Decrypting SSL has been one of the top challenges for schools in web filtering. It involved setting up a trusted-man-in-the-middle proxy server, creating PAC files, or managing trust certificates. Smart Agents do all that — on their own!

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Case Study: How Relay Helped a School District Prevent Student Suicides

Amy Bennett | Last update: May 15, 2018

Relay customers in school IT departments around the world rely on their filter to prevent and report on everyday student misuse. But our customers don’t always expect their filter to help save student lives.

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Do Tumblr’s New Policies Make It Appropriate for K-12 Schools?

How Relay Keeps Students Safer

5 Tips to Boost Cybersecurity in Your School

This Competing School Filter Blocks Only 40 Percent of Pornographic Websites

8 Things to Check out at ISTE 2018

Join the Filtering Revolution! Get Relay for Every OS Now

How to Easily Decrypt SSL on Any Device

What’s So Smart About Smart Agents?

Case Study: How Relay Helped a School District Prevent Student Suicides