Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Technology provides new opportunities to stop child pornography – increased … – Mynewsdesk (press release)

The company NetClean, working to stop the spread of sexual abuse material on children, has further developed its technology to work also for Mac and Linux. The development means that the technology now works for all major platforms, which is important not least for school environments where Mac is common.

– protecting Windows environments goes a long way, but it has been important for us to further develop the technology so that it works on all the major platforms. We have seen a demand among our customers who have Mac and Linux, but it is also important because this allows for example schools to increasingly secure their computers and networks, says Fredrik Frejme. Director, Head of NetClean.

The technology used by businesses and governments to protect their IT environments to be used for the dissemination of abuse materials, and to stop the sexual abuse of children. The majority of the cases of abuse material found on computers will work via USB sticks. To find material on external devices such as USB sticks, you have to have software installed on each computer, it is not enough to protect the network only.

– For actors in the public sector, this is about to take responsibility for the children that you as a society have a duty to protect. There is a strong link between watching abuse material and of committing sexual offenses against children. Therefore, if we find the people looking at abuse material, we can also save the children, says Fredrik Frejme.

Background Facts about NetClean ProActive
NetClean ProActive is software that find and track material that the police have classified as illegal abuse material on children. Based on the report of the software may be responsible within the organization provide information to the police for investigation. The images that the police classify as illegal receive a digital fingerprint, a hash sum, which enables the software to the image level, locate, track and report materials. This ensures that only abuse material traceability. Unlike Web filters, which only can block web addresses (URLs) or file name, can ProActive also find and track the content on external devices such as USB sticks.

For further information, please contact:
Anna Creutz, communications manager NetClean, 0703-08 10 77, anna.creutz@netclean.com
www.netclean.com


NetClean, headquartered in Gothenburg, is a world leader in technical solutions to stop the spread of abuse material on children (also called child pornography). Multinational companies, government agencies and Internet providers worldwide use the company’s technology. NetClean is a part of the Safer Society Group, whose goal is to develop technical solutions to create a safer and better society.

NetClean is the leading developer of technology solutions to fight child sexual abuse material. Multinational companies, government agencies and Internet service providers all over the world use NetClean’s technology. NetClean is part of the Safer Society Group, Which Develops Technology Solutions to create a safer and better society.

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