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Allowing your children to go
online and experience the wondrous resources provided
by the World Wide Web and the “Internet”
is a challenging decision to make. While there are a
great many resources available to help your children,
there are many “Less Than
Benevolent” predators lurking in amongst
the good, waiting to take advantage of or exploit you,
your computer, your information, or worse your
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With the explosive rise in
computer access and Internet use by children comes a
new threat to your children… the Internet predator.
Keeping your children off the net is like telling them
not to go into the “Cookie
Jar”… It works when you are around, but
when you are not there… or they are somewhere else,
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While you can’t ensure that your
children can always be 100% safe when they are out of your
site, you can put in place tools to help you when you are
not there with them using a home computer.
At Enterprising I.T. Solutions, we can help you analyze your
current computing environment, identifying areas of risk,
and issues of concern you have with your children's use of
computers and the Internet. Then together we can work to
plan a comprehensive set of solutions to minimize their
risks, address your issues, and solve your problems.
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Typical Online resources and the
risks they can present to your children
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Online Resources |
Issues
& Risks |
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Improper
content, Explicit material, Violent images, Pornographers,
access to gambling, drugs and alcohol. |
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Explicit
Language, Solicitation for illegal activity. |
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Improper
content, Adult Themes, Adult Images. |
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Direct
contact with strangers who may be looking to exploit your
children. Distribution of Viruses, Pornography, Hate
Messages. Solicitation for illegal services or products. |
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Adult
content, (Pornography), Violent or Hate oriented messages. |
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Additional Risks |
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- Child Pornographers
- Internet Predators, and Pedophiles
- Identity Thieves
- Computer Viruses
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Solutions |
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To effectively minimize or remove these
risks you have to do more than just throw a $50.00 software
package at them. The solution may be a
combination of Hardware and Software, and will require your
participation in reviewing and monitoring your children’s
activities.
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- Securing – Making sure the computer(s) your children
use have the necessary security tools in place to
prevent intrusion from the outside.
- Restriction – Making sure the proper restriction are
put in place to prevent your children from going to the
wrong places on the Internet.
- Filtering – Making sure that the wrong information,
violent, exploitative, explicit, or other undesirable
words, images, and conversations are not part of your
child’s online experience.
- Lock Down – Making sure that the Software solutions
put in place on these computers stay in place. Ensuring
that your children don’t install additional software
to get around the safety measures you have put in place.
Ensuring that your children don’t “Modify” the
restrictions and safeguards implement rendering them
ineffective.
- Monitoring – Routinely monitoring your children’s
online activities, checking when they have been online,
for how long, where they have been going, and what they
have been seeing & reading.
- Privacy – Restricting access to your online
identities, your personal information, and your computer
use.
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The Cost of
NOT protecting your Children… simply is your children,
and at a minimum the loss of their childhood… There are
enough pressures from unwanted societal forces constantly
challenging the values you teach your children, pulling them
away from you.
Contact
Security Consultants at Enterprising I.T. Solutions today
to discuss how we can help you protect your children
online.
Email us at:
SafeHome @ EntSols.com
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