Installing such web filtering software should not take more than a couple of minutes, yet it can serve as the first line of defense against malware and similar sorts of cyber threats.

SurfControl, which produces Web and e-mail filters, said that it has been granted a U.S. patent for software that allows companies to block Web sites, despite the ire of online activists against ...

Lightspeed Systems, which produces software used for website filtering in thousands of public schools across the U.S., says it will update its software to remove a filter that blocked websites with ...

Earlier this week, we were thrilled to announce that California-based software company Lightspeed Systems agreed to remove a web filter that had been blocking public school students' access to LGBT ...

The software on the district devices is designed to restrict what websites a user can visit and caused some connectivity issues.