Internet Security
Web Content Filtering
IT Security provides a robust web content filtering system that protects the District's technology users and technology resources from malicious and harmful web content.
Web content filtering is necessary to:
- Meet the requirements of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) to receive discounts offered by the E-Rate Program.
- Restrict access to web sites that contain lewd, lascivious, vulgar, obscene or plainly offensive materials.
- Restrict access to web sites that contain excessive violence, promotes hate, violence or racism, or encourages illegal activity.
- Restrict access to web sites that materially and substantially interferes with the work of the school or infringes upon the rights of other students.
- Restrict access to web sites that could impair or compromise the security or performance of the District's information systems.
IT Security uses Blue Coat WebFilter to restrict access to the following web content categories:
| Abortion | Illegal/Questionable | Pornography |
| Adult/Mature | Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit | Privacy Concerns |
| Alcohol | Internet Telephony | Proxy Avoidance |
| Alternative Spirituality | Media Sharing | Radio Streams |
| Chat/Instant Messaging | Nudity | Remote Access Tools |
| Gambling | Online Storage | Sexuality/Alt Lifestyles |
| Games | Peer-to-Peer (P2P) | Spyware/Malware Sources |
| Hacking | Personals/Dating | TV Streams |
| Humor/Jokes | Phishing | Violence/Hate/Racism |
| Illegal Drugs | Placeholders | Weapons |
See Blue Coat Category Descriptions to see descriptions and samples of all of the content categories.
See Blue Coat Web Page Review to see how a web site is categorized.
Get Blue Coat K9 Web Protection, a free Internet filtering and control software program available for home use to all Palm Beach County parents.
See School Board Policy 8.125, District Review and Filtering of Web Sites, and School District Form #2247 for more information about web content filtering.
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