Lightspeed Filter vs. Symantec Web Security Service

Lightspeed Filter is the best-in-class solution that protects students from harmful material to ensure their online safety. To help districts maintain safety and CIPA-compliance, our solution is powered by the most comprehensive database of K-12 online content in the industry from 20 years of web indexing. Whether it's protecting take-home devices or customizing blocklists for grade level, we've got you covered with SSL decryption on all devices, on your network and off, all in the cloud.

Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) provides the same proactive web protection capabilities delivered by the market’s leading on-premises Secure Web Gateway, Symantec ProxySG, but delivered as a resilient and performant cloud security service. Sitting between employees, wherever they are located, and the Internet, the service protects the enterprise from cyber threats, controls and protects corporate use of cloud applications and the web, prevents data leaks, and ensures compliance with all company information and web/cloud access policies.