Accredited internet services suppliers
The Becta Accreditation of Internet Services enables schools and other establishments to make an informed choice of a managed internet service provider or web content filtering solution. Accredited products and services must meet and maintain specific standards in web content filtering and service performance.
The standards of assessment have been developed in consultation with partners in education and industry to ensure the provision of reliable and relevant information. The scheme re-launched during Safer Internet Week in February 2009, following a review. The scope of the accreditation has been extended to include a wider range of standalone products designed to protect internet users not just in the school environment, but which can also be employed in other environments where children and young people have access to the internet.
A managed internet service provider is a provider to education that can supply a range of internet safety services. An individual web content filtering product or service supplies specific solutions to internet services providers.
The list of managed internet service providers includes those from both local authorities and regional broadband consortia.
Managed internet service providers
Bristol City Council - Schools Internet Services
E2BN – E2BN Internet Services Provision
EMBC - Schools Broadband
Leeds City Council - Leeds Learning Network
South West Grid for Learning – SWGfL Service*
Synetrix - Managed Internet Services to Education
Walsall Children’s Services - Walsall Grid for Learning
Yorkshire & Humber Grid for Learning - Value Added ISP Services
(*2009 accredited supplier)
Email Filtering Products
RM - EasyMail Plus: 2009*
(*2009 accredited supplier)
Web content filtering products
Fortinet - Fortinet FortiGate Product Series: Version 4*
Lightspeed Systems Inc – Total Traffic Control Version 7*
SmoothWall Ltd - Guardian
RM – SafetyNet Universal on SmartCache 2*
RM - SafetyNet Plus: Version 4*
(*2009 accredited supplier)
About the accreditation process
These products and services were requested as part of an Invitation to Submit issued to providers taking part in the accreditation. It should be noted that this accreditation was a voluntary process, and it does not imply that a provider not in this list does not meet the accreditation requirements.
It should also be noted that the service provided for accreditation evaluation may not be in a provider's standard product portfolio, so a specific request for the product and/or service that meets all the requirements may be needed.
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