Filter & Blocking Protection
The Internet is now a globally used phrase and word. From its beginnings as a
communications medium for military scientists, it has exploded into a vehicle
used in homes, schools, businesses and government. It was the defining force at
the end of the 20th century, the ultimate learning programme at the beginning
of the 21st century, and its potential for education and research, is still in
many ways untapped.
Illegal, harmful content and misconduct on the Internet is a continuing concern
for our Police agencies, industry and end-users, particularly parents and
educators. Europe has been a forerunner in the fight against illegal and
harmful content since 1996.
The level of Internet use and new technologies is growing and Internet
penetration currently exceeds 90% for businesses and schools. The
implementation of blockers & filters on networks is common practice by IT
managers today. It gives us the peace of mind that whatever misuse happens,
while using our facility workstations, we will be able to stop all abuse.
How wrong we are! URL based filters will help stop a level of unacceptable
behaviour. The blockers will stop access to some websites promoting
inappropriate material, but who will stop the intelligent enemy, Commercial
software developers and more importantly switched on end users, who bombard
these perimeter security products on a daily basis? They will still get to the
desktop.
Well documented facts and reports by global security and law enforcement
agencies state that over 75% of misuse will come from within our own Company,
School or Home Network.
A percentage of misuse will come from the Internet, but more importantly, it
will be cunningly disguised in general offline usage, i.e. Documents,
Spreadsheets and Presentations etc., or from any application that has been
loaded above the operating system. These products are the carriers of the
inappropriate material that float throughout the depths of the web to your
network.
Policy Central Professional is a fulle adapted security software product , which
not only gives you filter and blocking parameters, but gives the Senior
Management Team control and a more in-depth analysis of end user mentality both
on and off the Internet. It more importantly gives your facility the ability to
educate in correct use and act in a socially acceptable way. 
Capture View Reports
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Top 10 Violators can help you identify problem users on your network and
restrict their access accordingly using designated groups.
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Top 10 Violations pinpoint problem words/phrases which will allow you to update
internal use policies.
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Violations by Time will help track problems of unacceptable behaviour on your
network - Work time, School time etc.
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Violations of Selected User checks individual users while building misuse
profiles.
Site View Reports
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Top 20 Websites Visited covers websites being accessed regularly and gives
analysis to administrator. The information can be used to upgrade blocked
listings relevant to your network
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Top 10 Users Interrogating Websites identifies individual users who use the
Internet most frequently. The information allows administrators to update all
time management processes you may have adopted for you network.
Site View Reports
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Captures View, Log View and Site View Reports will analyse who and when each
workstation or desktop PC is being used, the name of each PC. The reporting
facility will also pinpoint if all users have accepted or declined your
designated network policy combined with desktop name and time. Every website
visited will be added to database along with full capture details of misuse
[Jpeg Image] accessed on Internet and all offline applications.
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Bespoke Reporting can be implemented by using a standard MSDE interface or
connecting to an existing SQL Server.
Self Harming
This Capture was a student hoping to make her own knife and scare a member of a
rival school gang. The incident was collected by Policy Central Professional
and reported to the Senior Management Team. The forensic evidence was effective
in stopping an on-going feud which was boiling beneath the school environment.
Pupils were scared to report any incidents due to assumed repercussions. |
Bullying
From Friend to Foe to Bullying.. The selection of captures proved that the
individuals involved were part of a small elite gang of thugs operating in the
school environment. Bullying comes in many shapes and other school captures had
documented evidence buried deep in the .My Documents. area of pupils. They had
been detailing the abuse they were receiving but in many cases could not bring
themselves to display the information. |
Chat Room Scenarios
Chat Room captures are now fully available as forensic evidence as this capture
of criminal activity proves. The appropriate departments were notified, which
resulted in a full investigation by the school, police authorities and parents.
The pupils involved could not deny the incident with the full audit trail of
Why, Where and When. After investigation the incident was linked to an actual
mugging.
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Suicide
The information contained in this capture is a sample of images gathered in ALL
suspected suicide or self harm cases
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The reason to die or harm was blown out of all proportion
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Friends sent the information of the best sites to them
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After deciding the best method from Internet help, a note would be left for
friends that would not be found
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After sending the cry for help to themselves, they became distraught because
nobody answered it - Child Reasoning.
The most disturbing case to date captured was the child wanting to take
anti-freeze. No return was advised by her internet friends. The child was
stopped by the school in time.
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Pornography
Pornography sites have been captured in every shape or form
| Softcore |
Spam |
| Hardcore |
Pop-up |
| S & M |
Personal |
| Forced |
Attachments |
| Drugged |
On-line (Internet) |
| Web Napped Sites |
Offline (MS Word etc) |
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Racism
Racial Violence in any shape or form is a scourge in any free and democratic
society. This capture enabled the police authorities to not only stop a serious
confrontation that may have caused a death or serious injury, but it also
allowed the facility to adopt and promote a more interactive program dealing
with this issue. Once again the original problem had been festering below the
surface unknown to the Senior Management Team.
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Downloading Games
Games downloading are a major stress risk to any network. The captures relating
to this misuse was in most cases while they run in the background to other
applications. The offenders would generally commence the download and then
carry on with normal work load.
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Gambling & Theft
Gambling is on the increase in many schools and is easily pinpointed by the
Policy Central software suite. During recent evaluations the access to these
types of sites has dramatically risen. The average bet placed by pupils is
between £5 - £10 and in one case a student was recorded as placing over £350 in
one single day. The question must be asked "Where can they find this sort of
money to gamble?" A full investigation by the school found theft as the answer.
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Downloading
Downloading has been pinpointed as a massive problem in EVERY school evaluated.
The timings of downloading (Music, Films, and MP3 etc) starts from 8.30am to
late. The stress on the school networks can only be described as "High Risk"
with sites like Kazaa using the network as a pier point. The use of Policy
Central Professional in all cases has allowed each network to unblock the
tailbacks in their networks. This has ensured a faster and more efficient tool
for the classroom use.
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