Case Study: Frederick County Public Schools improves web filtering and parent engagement with Securly

Frederick County Public Schools protects 16,000 devices with Securly cloud filtering

Frederick County Public Schools, a school district with over 13,200 students and 2,000 staff, faced significant challenges with its appliance-based web filter. Their IT department was burdened by weekly network crashes, complex single sign-on (SSO) issues, and time-consuming reporting and whitelisting requests, which left them non-compliant with CIPA and unable to focus on critical work. They sought a solution from vendor Securly to maintain filtering standards without these drawbacks.

Securly implemented its cloud-based web filtering solution for Frederick County, which eliminated appliance failures and provided stable, auto-scaling filtering. Their easy-to-implement SSO solution simplified student logins, and their Delegated Reporting feature allowed IT to offload reporting and whitelisting tasks to teachers. An unexpected benefit was the Securly Parent Portal, which engaged parents with weekly reports on their child's activity. As a result, students were safer, the IT department regained time for important functions, and parents were brought into the learning process.

Frederick County Public Schools