total incidents captured
of captures were non-typed
Top 3 categories of concern
urgent safeguarding alerts sent
Bullying
Securus action & outcome
Securus’ Full Monitoring Service team detected the high severity incident and immediately alerted the school. The hateful remarks were captured from both student’s views – providing valuable context to the incident so that the school could take action.
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Full Monitoring Service (FMS)
In this case, the school had opted for our Full Monitoring Service (FMS). This service gives schools peace of mind that all high severity captures are being monitored by our team of safeguarding experts, freeing up valuable time from busy DSLs.
Racism
Securus action & outcome
Securus captured the racially insensitive posts containing both typed and non-typed content, identifying the controversial forum and the culprits from both schools – putting a stop to both digital and real-world safeguarding scenarios occurring en route to school.
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Securus uses screen-scanning OCR technology to capture both typed and non-typed content from the screen, allowing schools to review evidence of content both sent and received by school devices, providing a 360 degree view of incidents.
Radicalisation & Extremism
Securus action & outcome
Securus captured the student repeatedly viewing articles reporting on religious extremism through a school approved website designated by the school’s Web Filtering system as a “safe site” – the school was able to intervene and provide support to the student who had not realised the dangers of radicalisation.
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Incident Capture On “Safe Sites”
Securus is able to detect incidents even if they occur on websites which have been designated as “safe sites” by the school’s Web Filtering system.
Self Harm
Securus action & outcome
Securus monitoring was able to detect and capture the harmful content being viewed by the student on their iPad. This was despite Wattpad, a social story telling platform, being deemed safe by the school’s Web Filtering – alerted by our capture, the school DSL was able to intervene and prevent potential harm.
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Network-level Monitoring on Any Device
Securus NET, our unique packet-inspection technology allows Securus to monitor many different devices including iPads, iPhones & Android, plus devices covered by your school’s BYOD policy.
Suicide & Mental Health
Securus action & outcome
Securus detected and captured the troubling searches, thanks to our library of key words and phrases relating to suicide and other mental health issues – the high severity capture initiated immediate action, alerting the DSL who was able to intervene by following the school’s suicide prevention policy.
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Library of Key Topics of Concern
The Securus Library contains 25 Topics of Concern which are constantly reviewed and updated by safeguarding experts. We accommodate current trends and local language, acronyms and algospeak, with the option to add custom words & phrases.
Cyber Crime
Securus action & outcome
Unlike Web Filtering, Securus was able to detect attempts to hack the school network and gain access to restricted data – providing the necessary evidence and technical reports to the school’s Senior Leadership Team so they could identify the culprits and intervene.
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Capture In All Applications
Securus is uniquely able to capture even the most discreet and hidden actions which take place outside of “typical” or well-known apps. Our device-level and network-level monitoring is capable of capturing any on-screen safeguarding scenarios across any application.
Grooming & Exploitation
Securus action & outcome
In each of these safeguarding scenarios, children found themselves the victim of grooming or exploitation. The incidents, which could otherwise have gone unnoticed, were captured by the Securus monitoring system which is specifically designed to monitor and safeguard against such threats – resulting in all four cases being reviewed immediately by the DSL’s, preventing further harm.
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Capture Portal & Reporting Platform
In all of these cases schools were opting to self-manage Securus, giving DSL’s direct access to the capture portal. Securus offers full support & training to schools who prefer to manage and review captures themselves. Alternatively, our Full Monitoring Service (FMS) team can do this on behalf of schools, saving valuable time & resources.