A 10-year-old is busy doing his homework online and, curious, decides to check out a naughty site his friends have told him about. It turns out to be pretty graphic and distressing. Nowadays, a child can go from a safe online place to a scary one with just a few...
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Let’s talk privacy
Protecting personal information (privacy) is a hot topic, especially this year with many people moving to more digital ways of working and learning.  Here at N4L, we’re focused on ensuring we protect the personal information we collect when you’re on the school’s...
Case study: Making school Wi-Fi more reliable and secure
A major upgrade of school Wi-Fi networks means teachers can spend more time focusing on students’ learning without having to worry about managing and maintaining the technology. N4L is replacing and supporting wireless equipment in schools as part of the Ministry of...
Step up your cyber defence
How do you protect yourself from a karate chop? You step up your game and work on your defence skills. The same goes for protecting yourself online - you step up your game to be protected from digital threats. Today is the first day of Cyber Smart Week and the theme...
Children kept safe at home with N4L’s new safety filter
Your students can now be protected from the worst of the web after school hours with N4L’s new safety filter. Parents can apply the filter to their children’s devices and schools can put it on any devices they send home with students after school. There is no cost to...
Together for a better internet
That’s the theme of this year’s Safer Internet Day, happening 11th of February. The annual global event is about supporting a safer online world and that’s what N4L is here to help with - a safer and more secure online learning environment for schools and kura across...
VPN’s What you need to know
We know VPNs are a hot topic for schools and while there can be legitimate needs for them, they can be used as a network workaround. You’ve heard the acronym but what does it mean? VPN stands for virtual private network, basically it means a user can send and...