Johannesburg
Block A, Blueberry Office Park,
Apple St, Randpark Ridge,
Randburg,
2156
London
20-22, Wenlock Road,
London,
England,
N1 7GU
How schools secure their networks against unsafe content and filter-bypass tools, without slowing down digital learning.
Educational organisations—from early childhood centres and multi-site private academies to public high schools and student residences—must provide fast, reliable internet for digital learning while strictly safeguarding students from inappropriate content, cyber threats and digital distractions.
The education sector faces escalating security risks, highlighted globally by ransomware disrupting major platforms like Canvas, and locally when the XP95 ransomware group breached the Gauteng City Region Academy, exfiltrating 147GB of sensitive data and demanding a R1.7 million ransom. Schools must also adhere to POPIA, particularly around the protection of minors’ personal information.
"Students actively attempt to bypass standard school web filters using tools like Psiphon or other third-party VPNs."
Cloud Group works closely with its extensive network of IT professionals and resellers to deploy iShield — a next-generation Smart Access Unified Threat Management Device — across a diverse array of educational settings, including granular network segmentation, advanced content and safety filtering, time-based access controls, and secure infrastructure integration.
Partners receive full training, certification and remote technical assistance to deliver seamless, phased installations tailored to each school's calendar.
Automated daily and weekly reporting, combined with audit logs, eliminate guesswork for school IT teams and partners.
Bulletproof student safety through multi-layered content filtering. Elimination of filter bypassing via third-party VPNs. Optimised academic performance during online exams and virtual classrooms. Administrative efficiency through automated reporting.
Multi-layered content filtering and forced Safe Search successfully shield learners from malicious or inappropriate material, helping institutions fulfil their duty of care and POPIA compliance.
Robust blocking completely curtails student attempts to circumvent school rules via third-party VPNs and proxies such as Psiphon.
Network segmentation and traffic shaping prevent recreational traffic from choking bandwidth, ensuring online exams and virtual classrooms run without interruption.
Secure parent-portal camera integrations and granular staff VPN access enable flexible operations without exposing the core network to security breaches.
Automated daily and weekly email reports, combined with audit logs, eliminate guesswork for school IT administrators and partners.
Replacing fragmented software subscriptions with an all-in-one hardware and cloud solution reduces operational overhead for schools, while empowering partners to manage multiple campuses remotely.
“In the past, keeping students off restricted sites and managing bandwidth during peak school hours was a constant cat-and-mouse game. Now we can guarantee a safe, lightning-fast digital classroom.”
— Cloud Group IT Partner & Education Deployment Specialist
Contact Cloud Group to learn more about our partner programme or to book a demo.
Block A, Blueberry Office Park,
Apple St, Randpark Ridge,
Randburg,
2156
20-22, Wenlock Road,
London,
England,
N1 7GU
