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Tying the knot
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Years ago, as the Internet Age
began its chapter, governments
a nd o r g a n i s a t i on s s aw t h e
inevitable - having to forge ahead
while facing the shortcomings of
the new technology.
Today, it is still an issue to
ilter the Internet according to a
country’s regulations.
B r une i Da r us s a l am i s no t
excluded from the issue of Internet
safety, with its many global roles
while forging its own image. The
assimilation of information in the
digital age is being addressed by
regulating the Internet, overseen
by a number of agencies.
The key demographics impacted
by the Internet are the children
and youth.
World governments pro-actively
take action to avoid the erosion
Internet safety: An ongoing fight
With children and youth most affected by the Internet, safety in a virtual world has become a pressing issue.
of cultural and moral values as
well as the danger it may pose
on the psychological well-being
of citizens.
A case in point is the United
Kingdom (UK) government. They
are ensuring safe Internet access
by partnering with Netsweeper
for over students in 7,000 schools
and educational institutions across
the UK.
Key features of the DfE project
circumvents two policies, one
of which is the assignment of a
ixed private IP for each SIM card
belonging to students for policy
management and monitoring.
Traf ic is logged, and reports
gene r a t ed fo r s a fegua rd i ng
and validation of the project.
The DfE will then hand over the
control of the SIM card to the
schools in the long term, so
the school administration can
manage the cards of the students.
I t a l s o ha s a cen t r a l i s ed
deployment design for the ease of
management and consistent policy
enforcement; the Netsweeper
systemcanbeeasilyscaledbyadding
additional servers.
Telecom companies in countries
like the United Arab Emirates
and Bahrain are mandated by
their regulator to ilter harmful
Internet content.
For Brunei Darussalam, such
a mandate ensures a nationwide
clean Internet and the preservation
of the national culture.
I n t e r m s o f mo n i t o r i n g
radicalisation, the Netsweeper
design, for example, with its
partner UK Counter Terrorism
Internet Referral Unit, provides an
up-to-date list comprising over
5,000 terrorism related websites
and content.
Terrorist or extremist content
c a n be mon i t o r ed t h r ough
the system.
The Ne t sweepe r can a l so
be used for several purposes
by regulators.
As virus, malware and phishing
are categorised in the database,
Ne t sweepe r b l ocks t he web
threats to prevent the spread
o f bo t ne t s and r ansomwa re
as part of the national cyber-
security strategy.
Rizal Faisal