Kids in Crisis – A Glimpse Into the Secret, Digital Lives of Students Anxiety, depression and suicide attempts are on the rise among American teens, and too often signs and symptoms of these conditions go unreported, undetected or untreated--until it’s too late. A 2017 study links anxiety, depression, suicide attempts and suicide with the rise … Continue reading Q3 2018 Social Impact Report
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Beware of Cyberbullying: 9 Apps To Watch Out For
Cyberbullying can happen at any time. Abuse and harassment online often follow children home from school, and kids often feel like there is no escape. As a parent, you want your child to be able to explore the internet safely. And they can, with adequate knowledge of the risks involved. Check out our blog for … Continue reading Beware of Cyberbullying: 9 Apps To Watch Out For
The 10 Types of Cyberbullying
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and schools across the United States are standing up against bullying, and educating on prevention. But before we work to prevent it, it’s important to understand what cyberbullying is. 10 Types of Cyberbullying 1. Exclusion Exclusion is the act of leaving someone out deliberately. Exclusion exists with in-person bullying … Continue reading The 10 Types of Cyberbullying
Suicide Prevention: How Can Parents Help Their Kids?
Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among 10 to 24-year-olds. A variety of factors contribute to the intolerable anguish a suicidal student feels, and they may not be able to see the help that is available to them. Parents can play a crucial role by intervening and supporting their child to prevent … Continue reading Suicide Prevention: How Can Parents Help Their Kids?
6 Parenting Tips On Helping Your Child Transition To A New School
The first day of school is quickly approaching. Adjusting to a new school, teachers, classes, and people can be difficult. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed and vulnerable. Will I fit in? Will I find my classes? What if I get lost? What if I can’t make any new friends? Whether your child is … Continue reading 6 Parenting Tips On Helping Your Child Transition To A New School
A Different Perspective on the State of K-12 Web Filtering
A History of Content Filtering in Schools Pornography Filtering & URL List Race I first began selling web filtering solutions to school IT and Network Administrators in 2004. The CIPA law had recently been passed, so schools were eagerly … Continue reading A Different Perspective on the State of K-12 Web Filtering
PageScan: A Deep Dive Into Securly’s URL Categorization Technology
Note: Lightspeed Systems’ VP of Marketing has distributed information about our URL categorization technology to 1000s of districts across US including to many of our customers without allowing us to investigate their claims. In our opinion, this breaks norms in the security industry for Responsible Disclosure, potentially breaks norms around advertising without reasonable substantiation, and … Continue reading PageScan: A Deep Dive Into Securly’s URL Categorization Technology
Securly’s Response to Lightspeed Systems’ Competitive Study
Today, Lightspeed Systems issued the results of an internal competitive study that positions Securly’s and another vendor’s products as inferior in enforcing CIPA compliance. Our initial instinct was to not respond since it was apparent to us how the market generally reacted. Having said that, the amount of concern coming from our customer and prospect … Continue reading Securly’s Response to Lightspeed Systems’ Competitive Study
7 Tips On Keeping Your Child Safe Online
Children learn about stranger danger from a very young age. We remind them about the importance of their safety whenever they step out of the home. Those same cautions should be applied to the cyber world. Children are beginning to use the internet at younger ages. They have access to oodles of information at their … Continue reading 7 Tips On Keeping Your Child Safe Online
Popular Teen Apps Parents Need To Know (Part 2)
Part 1 explored safety concerns and hidden dangers of social apps popular with teens today. But the more we researched, the more risky apps and websites we found. So today we are bringing you Part 2, an investigation into more popular teen apps. Hidden Apps Hidden apps, also known as vault apps and ghost apps, … Continue reading Popular Teen Apps Parents Need To Know (Part 2)
