Safeguarding students online

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Dear Sandwell College,

I am requesting that you provide the information as outlined below in regard to safeguarding students in line with the Department for Education's "Keeping Children Safe In Education" guidance and the Home Office's "Prevent" legislation.

1. Which web filtering product does the college use to provide web filtering services to your campuses? (e.g. eSafe Global, Smoothwall Monitor, Secure Web Gateway, Smoothwall UTM, RM Safetynet, Lightspeed Web Filter, etc.)

2. Is the web filtering system used to control internet access for services or parts of the college? (e.g. for providing filtered internet access for remote learning etc?).

3. Where is the web filtering system physically hosted (e.g. in the cloud, in the individual schools' premises)?

4. What year did your current filtering contract begin?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Davies

Jane Bailey, Sandwell College

Dear Mr Davies

 

In respect of your Freedom of Information request, please find answers
below.

 

Jane

 

Jane Bailey

Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Resources

Sandwell College

1 Spon Lane, West Bromwich B70 6AW

0121 667 5000

 

 

From: Mr Davies <[1][FOI #726742 email]>
Sent: 12 February 2021 12:02
To: Sandwell College Enquiries <[2][Sandwell College request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Safeguarding students online

 

Dear Sandwell College,

I am requesting that you provide the information as outlined below in
regard to safeguarding students in line with the Department for
Education's "Keeping Children Safe In Education" guidance and the Home
Office's "Prevent" legislation.

1. Which web filtering product does the college use to provide web
filtering services to your campuses? (e.g. eSafe Global, Smoothwall
Monitor, Secure Web Gateway, Smoothwall UTM, RM Safetynet, Lightspeed Web
Filter, etc.)

Web filtering is in place and monitors our Internet traffic. Providing
details of the products in place could be used to compromise the security
of our network, we therefore withhold this information.
2. Is the web filtering system used to control internet access for
services or parts of the college? (e.g. for providing filtered internet
access for remote learning etc?).

Web filtering is in place and monitors our Internet traffic. Providing
details of the products in place could be used to compromise the security
of our network, we therefore withhold this information.

3. Where is the web filtering system physically hosted (e.g. in the cloud,
in the individual schools' premises)?
Providing details of the topology and configuration of the network could
be used to compromise the security of our network, we therefore withhold
this information.

4. What year did your current filtering contract begin? March 2020

Yours faithfully,

Mr Davies

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