Web Access Manager

Overview

Regulations, policies, safety, and security all make an Internet filter essential in schools. But over-blocking limits the potential of the Web to promote participatory learning and acquisition of 21st-century skills. Web access management needs to do more than filter inappropriate content–it needs to balance educational Web 2.0 use with network security and student safety.

Lightspeed Web Access Manager provides an intelligent solution for web filtering–offering features for customization, granular policy control, safe Web 2.0 access, and mobile filtering–to ensure that inappropriate sites are no longer a click away, but that valuable content remains available to users.

Learn about the features of Web Access Manager

Features

Web Access Manager provides powerful, easy-to-use features for web content filtering and safe Web 2.0 access:

• Comprehensive and accurate URL database with more than one billion entries grouped into education-specific categories
• Multiple layers of anonymous proxy detection and blocking to keep users from bypassing your filter and accessing blocked sites
• netTrekker d.i. integration to ensure seamless access to approved netTrekker sites
• Mobile filtering and protection for school computers outside the network—without a VPN, from any location, with any type of Internet connection—via the Guide Mobile Filter
• Flexible filtering for thin clients, including NComputing, Citrix, and Windows Terminal Server
• Ability to create different policies based on user, IP, group, organizational unit, domain
• Peer-to-peer application and file-type blocking
• Integration with Student Information Systems for comprehensive, individualized user information and custom reporting
• Daily signature updates, and immediate emergency updates, directly from Lightspeed Systems
• Ability to accommodate even the heaviest traffic loads, up to 1 GB of Internet bandwidth, without hindering performance
• Educational Video Library allows teachers to share approved YouTube videos with students, providing safe YouTube access
• NEW! My Big Campus offers safe access to Web 2.0 tools, including a Resource Library to post, view, and share online resources as well as a Collaboration site

Learn about the reporting capabilities of Web Access Manager

Reporting

Web Access Manager gives you access to comprehensive information about who is viewing what over the Internet, so you can adjust Acceptable Use Policies, change allowed usages, review problems and troubleshoot issues, and plan for ongoing needs. You can see a high-level overview of content viewed and blocked, and then drill down for detailed information, with reports like

• Blocked Content
• Search Engine Queries
• Blocked URLs
• URLs visited
• Traffic by Category
• Overrides (active and history)

Learn more about our reports

Learn about the benefits of Web Access Manager

Benefits

Web Access Manager offers valuable benefits to schools that need a customizable, innovative solution for web access and Internet filtering.

Protects users from inappropriate material on the Internet.
Web Access Manager detects and/or blocks access to inappropriate material on the Internet based on our extensive, education-specific URL database, as well as your own custom allow and block lists.

Keeps searches safe.
Web Access Manager ensures that search results on Google and other popular search engines do not include inappropriate sites or images, such as pornography and sexual content.

Provides safe Web 2.0 access.
Web Access Manager promotes a balance between learning and security by offering safe, easily-managed ways to access Web 2.0 tools and resources, share online resources, and engage in participatory learning.

Learn how you can enjoy more cost-saving and time-saving benefits by combining Web Access Manager with the other components in Total Traffic Control, a comprehensive solution for filtering, securing, managing, and monitoring your school network.