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Web Filtering Software for Schools: Secure Student Devices and Meet CIPA Compliance
Whether on-campus or taken home, CurrentWare’s computer monitoring and web filtering software for schools keeps your students and computers safe
- Monitor Student Internet Activity
- Custom Internet Use Policies
- Meet CIPA Compliance
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Why CurrentWare is the Best Computer Monitoring and Web Filtering Software for Schools & Libraries
Flexible User & PC Management
With CurrentWare’s flexible and intuitive internet monitoring and web filtering solution you can easily protect students and devices no matter how large or small your school district is.
- AD Sync: Use Active Directory import and sync to manage student and staff devices using your school networks’ existing organizational units or security groups
- Deployment: Use CurrentWare on Windows laptops and desktops either on-premises, on a self-managed cloud server, and even via Citrix, Remote Desktop, and/or Terminal Server
- Granular Policies: Organize your users into their own policy groups such as different age groups, departments, or classrooms to ensure web filtering policies meet their needs without affecting productivity
- Central Console: Remotely manage multiple devices from a convenient central admin console
- Offline Management: Continue protecting and monitoring devices when they leave the school network
Effortlessly Block Inappropriate Content With the Category Web Filtering Solution
BrowseControl’s web filtering category database provides you with a convenient way to block millions of websites across over 100 URL categories.
Easily block users from accessing inappropriate content including social media sites, porn, games, known virus-infected websites, and more!
- Inappropriate Content: Prevent minors from accessing adult-oriented websites including pornography, adult dating, drugs, hate sites, and chat rooms
- Internet Distractions: Stop students from disrupting their learning environment with distracting games, social media sites, and video sites
- Easy Exceptions: Allow web filtering exceptions for permitted domains while blocking a target category, such as allowing access to LinkedIn while blocking Social Media
Learn More: BrowseControl’s Web Content Categories
Protect Students and School Networks Without Blocking Legitimate Research
Over blocking while using web filtering for schools and libraries harms education; when you implement web content filtering policies that are inflexible and overly aggressive it can unintentionally generate false flags and block access to legitimate research.
CurrentWare’s web filtering for schools can be adjusted in just a few clicks, allowing school administrators to adjust their web filtering policies as soon as over blocking is detected.
- Staff Access: Use CurrentWare’s Operator Accounts to provide staff with the ability to adjust their classroom’s web filtering policies without giving them access to other admin features
- Ease-of-Use: Once deployed adjusting student and computer web filtering policies is as easy as a few clicks, allowing IT staff to delegate the management of internet use policies with minimal support
- Custom Policies: Prevent young students from accessing inappropriate content while providing older students with more flexible access for legitimate research purposes
Advantageous Pricing for Education & Nonprofits
School districts are forced to do more with less. CurrentWare’s computer monitoring and web filtering for schools provides a cost-effective way to manage technology in your school network without straining budgetary needs.
- Education Discounts: To help manage EdTech costs, CurrentWare offers educational institutions 10% off of any of the products in the CurrentWare Suite.
- Bundled Solutions: CurrentWare’s classroom management solutions can be purchased individually for the greatest flexibility or as a full suite for the best value.
- Volume Licensing: Volume-based licensing provides advantageous pricing for schools with large quantities of devices that they need to monitor and restrict.
- Prepurchase Discounts: Pricing breaks are available for schools and libraries that sign up for multi-year plans, or have future growth planned and can commit to bulk orders.
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CASE STUDY
Web Filtering Software Keeps Students & School Systems Safe From Internet-Based Threats
Exposing students to the digital world comes with a responsibility to protect them. Students love BrowseControl because it gives them a safe working environment and prevents potential bad actors from interrupting their educational experience.
Meet CIPA Compliance Requirements With Web Filtering & Computer Monitoring Software for Schools
With CurrentWare’s database of over 190 million URLs, meeting CIPA web filtering compliance is as easy as a few clicks. Block websites across 100+ URL categories including hate speech, weapons, and pornography. With CurrentWare’s CIPA-compliant web filtering for schools you can effortlessly tailor your internet use policies to suit the needs of each student, staff member, or patron.
CIPA Compliant Internet Filter—BrowseControl
CurrentWare’s BrowseControl is a technology protection measure that allows libraries, schools, and employers to restrict access to undesirable content and websites using features such as allowed/blocked lists, custom URL internet filtering, and category-based internet filtering.
BrowseControl’s Content Filtering feature gives libraries and schools access to our up-to-date restriction database with over 100 URL categories.
With the category web filtering solution, any inappropriate websites can be blocked based on adult-oriented content categories, allowing children and patrons to use the internet without exposure to obscene material.
CIPA Compliant Internet Monitoring—BrowseReporter
CurrentWare’s BrowseReporter allows schools to implement and maintain CIPA compliance by monitoring their students’ use of the school’s technology.
Along with CIPA-compliant monitoring, BrowseReporter gives you access to additional features such as real-time internet monitoring and detailed internet activity reports through a centralized console.
With BrowseReporter, schools are provided with detailed reports on the sites and applications used by students with metrics such as total browsing time, sites visited, and keywords searched.
What is the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)?
“The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. CIPA imposes certain requirements on schools or libraries that receive discounts for Internet access or internal connections through the E-rate program – a program that makes certain communications services and products more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. In early 2001, the FCC issued rules implementing CIPA and provided updates to those rules in 2011.” – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The goal of CIPA is to limit children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet by incentivizing public libraries and K-12 schools to implement a “technology protection measure that protects against access to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors” such as CurrentWare’s CIPA-compliant web filtering for schools and libraries.
How Can Schools & Libraries Become CIPA Compliant?
Schools and libraries must certify they are in compliance with CIPA before they can receive E-rate funding.
To become CIPA compliant, public libraries will need:
- Internet safety policies that dictate safe internet practices
- Internet filtering technologies to proactively prevent exposure to obscene visual content (referred to as a “technology protection measure” outlined under CIPA)
Schools have two additional CIPA requirements:
- Methods of monitoring the online activities of minors
- Education to minors about appropriate online behavior including cyberbullying awareness and expectations for conduct when using social networks or chat rooms.
Learn More: Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), Federal Communications Commission
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The Benefits of CurrentWare’s Web Filter For Schools
CurrentWare’s internet filtering and computer monitoring software solutions are critical technology protection measures that schools and libraries need to meet CIPA compliance and qualify for E-Rate funding while ensuring a safe and productive learning environment.
Create a Safe Learning Environment
Effortlessly deliver safer online experiences with advanced awareness and control over student computer usage.
Implement 1:1 technology and digital tools confidently knowing that students have thoughtful guardrails for digital exploration.
- Category Web Filtering: Block millions of websites with unsafe and inappropriate content across 100+ URL categories in just a few clicks
- Student Internet Monitoring: Get insights into websites visited, browsing times, and search queries to ensure students are browsing the web safely
- Custom Policies: Apply unique internet restrictions to students based on different age groups and legitimate research needs
Fight Distractions for Effective Classroom Management
Implement computer monitoring & web filtering for schools to defeat distractions, increase student engagement, and empower teachers to teach confidently with technology.
- Block Distractions: Block PC games, inappropriate content, social media sites, and more to keep students focused on their tasks
- Time-Based Controls: Apply web filtering rules based on schedules to accommodate breaks, after-school programs, and clubs
- Disable Internet: In just a few clicks you can block internet access entirely, allowing students to use their laptops to take notes without the temptation to browse the web
Prevent Cheating in Online Tests
Laptops and desktops are critical learning tools, but without internet filtering it’s far too easy for them to cheat on their tests. Take back control over student PC use with CurrentWare’s computer monitoring and web filtering for schools.
- Internet Control: Allow access to only a select list of URLs while blocking all others to ensure that students are only accessing permitted materials
- Monitor PC Use: Get near-real-time visibility into student PC usage to ensure that they are not misusing their computers during instruction
- Live Screen Monitoring: Monitor student desktops within your LAN in real time with a live feed of what they’re doing on their computer
Protect Devices Anytime, Anywhere
To truly support remote learning and 1:1 device programs you need computer monitoring and web filtering for schools that ensures student safety no matter what network your students use.
- Anti-Tampering: The CurrentWare Client stays on the student’s computer and cannot be uninstalled or disabled without administrator access
- Scheduled Monitoring: Disable internet monitoring outside of schools hours to give students the freedom to browse without data collection
- Endpoint Security: Protect endpoint devices with CurrentWare’s robust solutions for PC activity monitoring, USB device control, and web filtering for schools
Easily Customize Web Filtering Policies
Easily provide access to bona fide research—without exposing students to adult content.
CurrentWare’s granular tools and user-friendly interface allow IT admins to delegate adjustment of web filtering policies to teachers and other trusted staff members.
- Request Access: When a student tries to access a blocked website they can click a link to request access
- Policy Groups: Apply unique policies to groups of students and devices to give mature age groups greater freedom without exposing young students to inappropriate content
- Operator Accounts: Admins can selectively allow staff to modify web filtering policies for multiple devices without being given access to all of the admin console
Enforcing Internet Use Policies Has Never Been Easier
Our student computer monitoring and internet filtering software gives you detailed control and visibility of web activity, making it the perfect tool for enforcing internet use policies.
- Collect Evidence: Maintain records of students attempting to visit inappropriate websites on school devices
- Internet Security: Improve security with triggered alerts every time your students or staff visit high-risk websites including porn, torrents, and file sharing websites
- Filtering & Monitoring: Track student computer activity to collect evidence of unwanted computer usage then block unwanted websites and applications based on the reports
Meet CIPA Compliance With CurrentWare’s Technology Protection Measures
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CurrentWare’s Key Features
User Activity Monitoring
Track web browsing, software use, search queries, and more
Screenshot Monitoring
Take automatic screenshots or remotely view desktops
Track Software Usage
Get insights into software usage trends in your organization
Transparent & Stealth Modes
Run silently in the background or provide notice of monitoring
Block USB & Other Devices
Set full access, read only or no access on storage devices
Allowed List Device Whitelist
Allow only authorized storage devices to be used
Block File Transfers
Prevent files from being transferred to portable storage
Reports DLP Activity Reports
Track file transfers, storage device use, file operations, and more
Block Websites
Block websites based on URLs & content categories
Block Downloads/Uploads
Prevent uploading and downloading based on file type
Application Blacklisting
Block specific Windows applications from launching
PC Power Management
Remotely track and control PC power states
Central Web Console
Save time with a central admin console; optionally integrate Active
Directory OUs or security groups
Platform Security
Protect your CurrentWare console with 2FA, passwords, privilege management, and more
Offsite Management
Extend onsite security policies to computers running outside the corporate network
SQL Server Supported
Database scaled for enterprise and large business operations using
Microsoft SQL Server
Frequently asked
Frequently Asked Questions:
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School web filtering software blocks access to inappropriate, harmful, or non-educational websites. It helps K–12 institutions enforce Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs), maintain digital safety, and comply with CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act) regulations. These tools filter content categories such as adult content, violence, hate speech, and more to create a safe digital learning environment. CurrentWare, for instance, uses a web filtering category database that can block millions of websites across over 100 URL categories.
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Effective web filtering tools for schools should include:
- URL and category-based website filtering: Tools should block millions of websites across a wide range of categories and allow for specific URL blocking and allowing.
- Block/allow lists (whitelists/blacklists): The ability to create specific lists of allowed or blocked websites, overriding category filters, is crucial for granular control (e.g., allowing specific social media for a class project while blocking others).
- Time-based access control: This allows scheduling internet access and controlling browsing based on specific times of the day or week, which is useful for managing digital distractions.
- Real-time monitoring of internet usage & detailed activity reporting and logs: Essential for gaining insights into student activity and documenting compliance.
- Centralized policy enforcement across all devices: Policies should be manageable from a single console and apply consistently whether students are on campus or at home.
- Compliance tools for CIPA and other cybersecurity frameworks: Features specifically designed to meet regulatory requirements, including audit-ready reports.
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CIPA mandates that schools protect students from harmful online content. Web filtering software like CurrentWare’s BrowseControl enforces this by acting as a “technology protection measure” to restrict access to obscene sites, child pornography, or otherwise harmful content to minors, using a database of over 190 million URLs. Additionally, CurrentWare’s BrowseReporter logs internet activity and provides real-time monitoring and detailed activity reports, allowing educators and IT staff to monitor student browsing behavior. This ensures that schools can document their compliance efforts with audit-ready reports, a key aspect of CIPA compliance.
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Schools can protect students by:
- Blocking access to harmful or high-risk content categories such as adult material, violence, and gambling.
- Enforcing cybersecurity policies to reduce exposure to more specific threats like malware, phishing sites, and online predators. CurrentWare’s solutions include web threat protection and blocking malicious domains.
- Monitoring internet usage to detect risky digital behavior.
- Using alerts and reports to respond quickly to policy violations and high-risk user events.
Web filtering tools like CurrentWare reduce digital distractions and threats, ensuring a safe and productive learning environment.
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Yes. School web filtering tools like CurrentWare provide real-time visibility into student internet activity through their BrowseReporter module. IT administrators and educators can detect policy violations, identify risky behavior, and ensure safe online learning environments. CurrentWare also supports role-based access for teachers and staff to review web usage reports for classroom management or incident response.
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CurrentWare offers powerful web filtering, device control, and internet usage reporting tailored for K–12 IT environments. It helps schools:
- Enforce CIPA compliance with customizable filters and audit logs.
- Centrally manage internet access across all student devices.
- Gain real-time insights into student web activity.
- Reduce digital distractions and online safety risks, including threats like malware and phishing.
With its easy-to-use dashboard, comprehensive features, and compatibility with Windows, CurrentWare is an ideal solution for modern, distributed classrooms.
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