Safety & Security Solutions
Our safety & security solutions help keep your school, staff and ākonga safe online. Together they strengthen your defence against online threats and improve your ability to prevent access to inappropriate websites and applications – giving you confidence when it comes to digital learning.
To protect schools from the increasing number of cyber threats, we’ve rolled out a new industry-leading Email Protection solution. Fully funded by the Ministry of Education, it gives eligible schools an enhanced level of email security and added peace of mind. You can also check out our FAQs.
Safe & Secure Internet – baseline protection
Our Safe & Secure Internet makes it simple for schools or kura to have a baseline level of protection against online threats and inappropriate websites and apps. It’s a suite of services with recommended settings, designed to help keep your ākonga safe and your network more secure. We also monitor these settings and can let you know if something changes that could put your school at risk.
Firewall
Web Filtering
Helps prevent ākonga from accessing inappropriate websites or apps. Learn more about web filtering here.
DDoS Protection
DNS Threat Protection
SafeSearch
Filters out adult content in search results from Google and Bing.
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Manage network users with Secure Access
With Secure Access, you’re able to control access to your school network, manage how different groups of students, teachers and guests access the network, and what they’ll be able to do when they’re on it. This means your school networks will be less vulnerable to security breaches and online threats. It’s the third phase of the Wi-Fi upgrade, which is currently being rolled out to schools across Aotearoa. Learn more about Secure Access here.
Remote Access for teachers and staff
With Remote Access your teachers and staff have a secure way of accessing your school’s onsite network regardless of where they are. This means they can work anytime, from anywhere. It also aligns with the Ministry of Education’s security guidelines for remote access.
Mail Relay for group communication
This enables you to securely send large volumes of external emails to keep in touch with whānau and the school community. Our Mail Relay will securely check all outbound emails are free from spam and viruses before sending them on their way.
Switch on Safety
We have created a free filter to protect ākonga when they’re learning remotely. It means their device won’t have access to certain sites that are deemed unsafe or inappropriate for learning. This includes a range of gambling and adult sites, plus sites known to host malware and phishing scams. Click here to learn more and download the filter.