How Lightspeed Keeps Students Safer

Web filtering in today’s schools is about more than blocking and allowing websites; it’s also about keeping students safe — from inappropriate content as well as from things like cyberbullying…

How Lightspeed Revolutionizes SSL Decryption in Schools

Does any of this sound familiar? “I made one small error in a PAC file and my whole school lost internet access.” “Certificate management is my biggest challenge.” “SSL decryption is nece…

Top 5 Ways to Boost Cybersecurity in Your School Today

K-12 school cybersecurity tips This is a scary time in cybersecurity for K-12 schools. By 2021, a majority of American schools had experienced a security breach, and now, in 2022, the edu…

3 Genius Back-to-School Tips From the Lightspeed Community

Lightspeed back-to-school Tips It’s that time of year again! Whether you have a few weeks of summer vacation left or your first day of school is right around the corner, August is a busy…

4 Reasons Lightspeed Platform Reports Rock

In a recent customer survey, we asked the question, “What do you like most about Lightspeed Systems?” One of the top answers was our products’ reporting. We’ve continued to optimize the reporti…

3 Things I Learned During a Summer at Lightspeed Systems

Today, July 26, is the inaugural National Intern Day. I want to celebrate by talking about my amazing experience this summer: interning at Lightspeed Systems. I got to spend eight weeks in Aust…

This Competing School Filter Blocks Only 40 Percent of Pornographic Websites

There’s been some disparaging content about “URL-based filtering” lately – suggesting that it isn’t able to effectively block without over-blocking. At Lightspeed Systems, we understand that wh…

Join the Filtering Revolution! Get Lightspeed Filter™ for Every OS Now

School web filtering for every OS is here After months of testing, pilot studies, and rigorous feedback processes, Lightspeed Filter’s Smart Agents are here! We’re happy to announce Smart…

Thinking About Cloud Filtering? 10 Things You Need to Know About Switching From Hardware

Have you thought about cloud filtering? 94% of school districts surveyed in COSN’s Annual Infrastructure Survey say they leverage some type of cloud-based software system. With the popularity o…

How to Easily Decrypt SSL on Any Device

SSL Decryption for Education Hate setting up proxy servers, trust certificates, or PAC files for SSL decryption? You’re not alone; SSL Decryption for Education is a time-consuming, costly…