Jamf Safe Internet
Eliminating Online Threats in Irish Schools
In early 2024, Wriggle engaged with two of our Post Primary schools to set up a trial of a web content filtering system named Jamf Safe Internet.
St. Vincent’s Castleknock College in Dublin and Coláiste na Mí in County Meath are 1:1 iPad schools, where each student has their own device for learning. Both schools had previously experienced web-related issues and were worried about the online safety of their students, hence, were excited to give Jamf Safe Internet a try.
For both schools, the goal of the pilot study with Jamf Safe Internet was to eliminate as many cyber-threats as possible, in order to ensure a safe, distraction-free digital learning environment. This included preventing access to any website that could lead to inappropriate content, such as social media applications, gaming and gambling websites, websites containing adult content, and any website containing illegal, violent or extreme content.
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*The provided statistics are based on research data obtained from Ofcom (2016), National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2016) and Internet Matters (2023)
Both St Vincent’s Castleknock College and Coláiste na Mí saw incredible results from their pilot with Jamf Safe Internet including:
What is Jamf Safe Internet?
Jamf Safe Internet is a network threat protection and content-filtering solution for education, integrated with Jamf’s flagship Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, Jamf School, for simple, powerful student and user protection.
Jamf Safe Internet is compatible with:
- Apple Devices
- Windows Devices
- Chromebooks
It combines best-in-class on device network threat prevention and a vast content-filtering database to block unsafe content and malicious attacks such as malware or phishing, so that students can learn safely regardless of their location whether at home or in school.
Jamf Safe Internet allows schools to help students be safe on the internet without invading their privacy. The student’s identity and device details are not visible within the system.
Pilot 1: St. Vincent’s Castleknock College
In February of 2024, Wriggle engaged with St. Vincent’s Castleknock College in Dublin to setup a pilot programme involving 214 1st and 2nd year students using iPads. During the pilot, the school and Wriggle monitored app behaviour, web traffic and threat prevention. Phishing attempts were tested using a demo student device visiting a known ‘threat ops’ website.
Following the trial period, the school leadership team were thrilled with the results and have since opted to fully integrate Jamf Safe Internet into student and teacher devices.
Results:
Since the pilot began;
- 9.5 million web connections have been processed, and 795,000 web pages were blocked.
- Some websites found under allowed categories were also blocked.
- A previously unknown gaming website was detected and reported to Jamf, and the site was blocked within 24hrs.
- 126 Phishing and 109 Malware attempts have been prevented.
Pilot 2: Coláiste na Mí
In May of 2024, Wriggle engaged with Co. Meath school Coláiste na Mí in a pilot programme for Jamf Safe Internet, involving 175 1st year students using iPad. During the pilot, the school and Wriggle’s iOS engineers monitored app behaviour, web traffic and threat prevention.
Impressed with the trial results, the team at Coláiste na Mí made the decision to extend Jamf Safe Internet use to all student and teacher devices.
Results
Since the pilot began;
- 14.5M web connections have been processed and 1.38M web pages were blocked.
Some websites found under allowed categories were also blocked. - 1,140 Phishing and 3,400 Malware attempts have been prevented.
What started out as a temporary trial has now become an indispensable component of cyber security for the leadership team at Coláiste na Mí.
How can I get Jamf Safe Internet?
Jamf Safe Internet is charged at just €6 per device per year and the service is also available for Windows and Chromebook devices in addition to Apple products. To discuss how to implement Jamf Safe Internet on educational devices in your school, contact sales@wrigglelearning.ie to speak to one of Wriggle’s Education Solution Specialists.
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