Compliance

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SurfProtect is fully aligned with statutory safeguarding requirements and industry guidelines, including KCSiE and UKSIC.

DfE compliance

SurfProtect is designed to fully meet the Department for Education’s (DfE) requirements for web filtering as outlined in the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) guidelines. The SurfProtect Quantum platform provides advanced content filtering capabilities, including transparent and proxy filtering, detailed logging, and integration with Microsoft Active Directory to ensure user-level filtering and reporting. Exa Networks maintains a strong focus on ensuring that SurfProtect remains not just nominally, but genuinely DfE compliant, with ongoing research and development dedicated to adapting to evolving regulatory standards. The product’s compliance is regularly reviewed and updated in line with DfE and UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) guidance, ensuring that schools and educational institutions using SurfProtect can demonstrate robust safeguarding measures for online activity.

UKSIC compliance

SurfProtect is fully aligned with the standards set out by the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) for appropriate filtering and monitoring. These standards ensure that schools apply safeguards that are both effective and proportionate, striking the right balance between protecting pupils and enabling access to educational resources. SurfProtect’s categorisation, reporting, and user management features all meet or exceed UKSIC expectations, giving schools clear evidence that their filtering system has been benchmarked against nationally recognised best practice.

KCSiE compliance

SurfProtect is fully KCSiE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) compliant, ensuring that all its variants are designed to meet the latest KCSiE guidelines. The SurfProtect team regularly reviews updates to the guidance to maintain ongoing compliance, giving schools confidence that their web filtering and safeguarding measures align with statutory requirements. This commitment to compliance helps educational institutions protect students online and demonstrate adherence to government standards.