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Smarter web filtering

New Year, New Filter: How to Get Smarter Filtering in 2019

We’ve been talking to a lot of schools about filtering, and here’s what they say they want to do in 2019:

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Do Tumblr’s New Policies Make It Appropriate for K-12 Schools?

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How Lightspeed Revolutionizes SSL Decryption in Schools

“I made one small error in a PAC file and my whole school lost internet access.

Keep students safer

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…

Boost Cybersecurity

Top 5 Ways to Boost Cybersecurity in Your School Today

This is a scary time in cybersecurity for K-12 schools.

Back-to-school tips

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

It’s that time of year again! We have Lightspeed back-to-school tips to get you prepared.

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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.

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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.

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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.