GuardWare - Screen Shield™ Home Use

ScreenShield™ for Home Use

Advances in information technology have made a wide range of information easily available to homes around the world. Most information is useful - some, however is not. Easy access to computer pornography is a major problem that has arisen from recent technology and communication advances. Parents and guardians are facing new challenges in protecting their families from exposure to unsuitable and potentially damaging adult content. It is very important for adults to monitor the content being viewed by children browsing the Internet, emails or other electronic files, so that they are made aware of any explicit and perhaps illegal adult material coming into their home.

There has not been a failsafe method to monitor and protect families from questionable content that can be displayed on home computers from these many sources … until ScreenShield™.

In-home Protection
How ScreenShield Works
More Than a Web Filter
Safety & Flexibility For Your Family

In-home Protection

ScreenShield is a unique software solution that serves as a deterrent and watchdog, silently detecting, monitoring, logging, and if you choose, blocking questionable images from being displayed on your home computer. Powered by a sophisticated content-based detection engine that analyzes screen images for skin tones, ScreenShield provides preventive protection and permanently oversees personal computer usage. These comprehensive and flexible capabilities provide parents with a dual benefit: a pornography monitoring and blocking facility and a highly visible persistent deterrent.

How ScreenShield Works

ScreenShield's approach to protecting against computer pornography is unique. The content-based detection engine analyzes image composition each time content is displayed on personal computer screens - regardless of its source. When ScreenShield detects suspect material for any computer on the network, the application records the event and a 'thumbnail' snapshot of the computer screen is saved in a central log file. This creates a complete audit trail for management to review and monitor.

	When someone attempts to view an adult image on your home computer where ScreenShield is installed...		ScreenShield's content based Detection Engine scans the image to be displayed for questionable / adult content...

	ScreenShield takes a snapshot image of the screen and logs the occurrence...		ScreenShield has 3 Modes of Operation that let you determine what happens on your PC:

			Passive Mode Stealth Mode Active Mode

More Than a Web Filter

Unlike conventional Web filters that only attempt to eliminate access to known pornographic websites, ScreenShield protects your household from any image displayed on a computer, regardless of its source. Although the prime source of illicit materials, downloading pictures from the Internet is only one of many ways pornography can be freely distributed without detection.

"Internet filtering software generally fails to block one out of every five sites deemed objectionable.''
Consumer Reports Magazine

Safety & Flexibility For Your Family

ScreenShield allows you to tailor protection to suit the needs of your family members. A 7-year-old studying science has different needs than a 17-year-old research biology or art. These ScreenShield features provide flexibility and control for parents:

• Filters allow you to adjust the level of sensitivity to images

• Detection Engine Scheduler allows you to enable / disable the detection engine for a specified period of time

• ScreenShield's Three Modes of Operation allow you to determine your family's level of exposure to potentially explicit images, and how you want to be notified of any occurrences.