Parental control software is an important tool for protecting
children from internet pornography. In most cases this is in the
form of web filtering features as part of either a standalone
solution or as an additional feature within a software suite.
However web filtering alone is no longer effective protection as
pornography has moved beyond the bounds of the traditional porn
sites. Pornography is now commonly found on mass storage devices,
attached to emails, embedded in text messages, hidden on mobile
phones, shared via social network sites and viewed on media sharing
sites.
In order to properly protect children parental controls must
filter images and videos from multiple sources not just via the
browser. Parents need to have a complete visibility of the content
their children are viewing, storing and transmitting on the PC or
device.
Image Analyzer allows software vendors to add a powerful new
feature to their parental control solution. The technology can
accurately differentiate pornographic images and videos from the
mass of non pornographic media being accessed on the system.
Image Analyzer becomes even more effective as parental control
solutions move into the cloud onto enterprise class hardware to
provide highly scalable, device agnostic services for their
customers. In the cloud a single scan can protect every customer
from a piece of pornographic media.