Press Release
Diane Hagan
BASCOM
(631) 434-6600
media@bascom.com
Global Chalkboard Delivers New Defense System to Keep Students from Accessing Social Networking Sites
Hauppauge, New York - April 3, 2008—BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc., an innovative developer of Internet management solutions K-12 schools, today proudly debuts its new Dynamic Remote Proxy Detection System for enhanced security. Designed to keep students from using remote proxies to access social networking sites, this new feature offers a multi-layered defense that keeps students productive while using the Internet in the classroom.
This new detection system uses a heuristic approach that analyzes patterns in the requested URL. These patterns are then inspected on-the-fly to deliver the most, up-to-date security. If the Global Chalkboard detects a suspicious pattern for any site not yet blocked by the Remote Proxies filter category, it dynamically stops access to that site.
"BASCOM's Development Team is committed to improving the Global Chalkboard's security to keep up with the latest technology challenges," states Robert DeRosa, BASCOM's Chief Technology Officer. "When you bring the Internet into the classroom, it's imperative that a teacher be able to manage the classroom by eliminating any Internet distractions—such as social networking sites accessed via Remote Proxy sites—so that students stay focused on their work."
About the Global Chalkboard
BASCOM's Global Chalkboard is an innovative and flexible teaching tool that uses the Internet for learning. The Global Chalkboard provides immediate access to educational Web sites and builds Web-enriched lessons mapped to curriculum goals and state standards.
The Global Chalkboard is both flexible and easy to use. It offers a novice user immediate access to educational sites with the Web Library; it offers an intermediate user prepackaged, ready-to-use BASCOM lessons; and it offers an advanced user a method of building their own, Web-based lessons using the Global Chalkboard's Lesson Creator.
About BASCOM
BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. is a software development company specializing in curriculum-based, Internet management solutions for K-12 schools. From our beginning in 1996, BASCOM has focused on producing, next-generation, curriculum tools for the K-12 education market.
BASCOM's goal is to help children become successful learners by safely extracting the educational content of the Web. This is accomplished by building Internet teaching tools based on input we've received from K-12 educators. We are constantly adapting our products to meet the changing needs of today's teachers.
BASCOM is a privately held company located in Hauppauge, New York. For more information, visit www.bascom.com