May 16, 2018   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Securly Rebrands Filter Product to Reflect Broader Student Safety Suite

Securly Rebrands Filter Product to Reflect Broader Student Safety Suite

Securly Inc, the Silicon Valley-based student safety company announced today that it is rebranding its flagship web filter product from securly:// to Filter.

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Securly Inc, the Silicon Valley-based student safety company announced today that it is rebranding its flagship web filter product from securly:// to Filter. The rebranding more accurately reflects Securly's student safety-focused suite of products, and includes a new logo and an updated website.

In 2013, Securly released the first and only cloud-based web filter on the K-12 market and currently serves 1 out of every 10 school districts in the United States. Student safety has been Securly's mission since the company's inception. The range of products and services Securly has released since then reflect their dedication to that mission: 

    --  Aug '13: The flagship web filter product securly:// launched as the
        first and only cloud-based web filter designed for K-12 schools. Over
        1600 districts use this product today for seamless filtering anywhere,
        for any device.
    --  Aug '14: Securly Inc releases Social Media Monitoring for Facebook,
        Twitter, Google Plus, Youtube, Google, Bing, and Wikipedia.
    --  Oct '14: Parent Portal launched, sending parents weekly email reports
        and providing dashboard access for their kids' weekly activities.
        Parents can also participate in managing kids' filtering policies
        outside the school campus.
    --  Jan '15: Sentiment Analysis-based flagging for social media messages
        launched, dramatically increasing the ability of districts to detect and
        prevent incidents of self-harm, suicide, and bullying.
    --  Mar '17: Securly Inc released Auditor, AI-based cyberbullying and
        self-harm detection for Gmail. Currently, over 1000 school districts
        actively use the tool, with millions of emails scanned daily.
    --  July '17: Free Chromebook Filtering launched globally. Currently, over
        5M students are being served worldwide, including underserved schools in
        Africa and Haiti.
    --  Sept '17: Securly Inc launched securly://24, a round-the-clock
        monitoring service of trained Student Safety Analysts who investigate
        flagged emails and searches, and contact schools or authorities in
        emergency situations. To date, over 34 lives have been saved from
        potential suicides.
    --  Nov '17: Securly Inc launched a Classroom management product that allows
        teachers to keep students on task.
    --  Mar '18: Securly Inc released Plug n' Play Hub, a wifi hotspot that lets
        Securly parents filter and create the same safe Wi-Fi at home for their
        kids that they experience in school.
    --  Mar '18: Securly Inc launched Tipline, an anonymous reporting service
        used by students to report incidents of violence or distress. The alerts
        come to securly://24 Student Safety Analysts, who investigate and notify
        on the reports.
    --  May '18: Securly Inc released a new Securly Home App for Parents, iOS
        and Android apps that allow parents to monitor Parent Portal activity
        without a desktop browser.
    --  May '18: Securly Inc today renames the original web-filter product to
        Filter to reflect the broad suite of product offerings that are now
        associated with the securly:// brand.

"Securly is the first and only company focused on the mission of student safety for schools & families," said Vinay Mahadik, co-founder & CEO. "Our securly:// brand was frequently associated with our flagship web filter, and needed to catch up with the breadth of services we have brought to the market."

Securly's range of services broaden the scope of where districts and parents can expect their children to be safe. From cloud-based web filtering that extends to take home devices, weekly parent reports of kids' online activity, and a 24/7 response service for flagged alerts of grief, Securly keeps students safe everywhere and in every way. With this rebranding effort, Securly will continue to offer a comprehensive variety of student safety-focused products and services to K-12 districts, while operating under a cohesive securly:// brand.

To view the timeline infographic, visit: https://bit.ly/2GoToUY

For more information on Securly's student safety solutions, please visit http://www.securly.com.

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