{"id":2704,"date":"2024-03-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umbrella-staging.marketops.umbrella.com\/?p=70135"},"modified":"2024-03-12T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T08:00:00","slug":"marriott-leads-the-way-in-the-fight-to-protect-children-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/12\/marriott-leads-the-way-in-the-fight-to-protect-children-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott Leads the Way in the Fight to Protect Children Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Read how Marriott has rapidly deployed Cisco DNS-layer security across nearly 5,000 properties to advance human rights.<\/em><\/p>\n

For over 96 years, Marriott International, the world\u2019s largest hospitality company, has been Putting People First. Grounded in its people-first culture, Marriott has taken the lead in the fight against some of the industry\u2019s highest-risk and most pressing issues, including human trafficking and child exploitation.<\/p>\n

One form of exploitation is online child sexual abuse. As reports of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) reached a record high in 2023, it is more important than ever to expand protections for children online.<\/p>\n

Recognizing that hotels can become unwilling venues for individuals to access CSAM, Abbe Horswill, Director of Human Rights and Social Impact at Marriott, led the charge in exploring how the company could make a material impact to protect children online. Horswill partnered closely with Marriott\u2019s IT team to evaluate security solutions that could help.<\/p>\n

Using security to block access to child abuse materials on the internet<\/h2>\n

When the social impact and IT teams at Marriott were evaluating security solutions to block access to malicious websites, they prioritized ease of deployment, scalability and optimizing the guest network experience.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have a saying that IT is not magic, but this was pretty close to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paul Oyelakin, Information Security Consultant, Marriott International<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After conducting a pilot, Cisco Umbrella DNS-layer security emerged with differentiated efficacy, performance, and manageability for Marriott.<\/p>\n

Why Cisco Security checked all the right boxes for Marriott<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at the top three reasons why Marriott chose Umbrella\u2019s cloud-delivered DNS-layer security, which is part of our Cisco Security Service Edge (SSE)<\/a> product family, to block access to child exploitation materials.<\/p>\n