FIGURING OUT FILTERING: CAN WE PROTECT AND SERVE?
Ramesh Kapoor – Chief Information OfficerBill Johnsen – Director, Instructional TechnologyVirginia Beach City Public Schools
SECURITY RFPINTERNET CONTENT FILTERING REQUIREMENTS
Filter all traffic (HTTP, FTP, SMTP, etc.)Filter non-standard portsBlock HTTP exploitsBlock spyware, keyloggers, adware, malware,
etc.Block external proxies and other anonymizersScan FTP/HTTP downloadsScan Active X Intrusion preventionBandwidth shapingURL filtering (based on list)Dynamic content filtering
SOLUTION SELECTED ContentKeeper Implemented August, 2007 Provided for different levels of filtering for
different Active Directory groups URL filtering
Blocks uncategorized sites Dynamic content inspection and filtering
File types Key words Detects new proxy servers/tunneling
IMPLEMENTATION LESSONS Vendor classification of sites
What appeared appropriately blocked was too restrictive
Difficulty with new “social” sites Realized centrally how much Internet was
used for authentic instruction Streamlined the request for unblocking
process Audit sites that are unblocked
Need to carefully consider amount of filtering for staff productivity
THE BALANCE
THE BALANCE
•The Millennials•21st Century Learner•Social Networking
•Wikis•Blogs•RSS•Chat•Video•Content creation•Collaboration•And on, and on