McGruff SafeGuard CEO to Serve as Panelist at the Safe Internet Alliance’s First Capitol Hill Conference
Schultz To Address The Current State Of Online User Safety And Cyber Security
NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--McGruff SafeGuard (www.GoMcGruff.com), a free, easy-to-use, real-time Internet safety service that empowers parents to protect their children online, announced today that McGruff SafeGuard CEO Marty Schultz will serve as a panelist at the Safe Internet Alliance’s first Capitol Hill conference to be held in Rayburn House Office Building on October 20, 2009. Billed as “Framework for a Safe Internet: Know the facts, understand the issues, shape the future,” the conference will be attended by Capitol Hill members, staff, media, think tanks and the public.
“Framework for a Safe Internet: Know the facts, understand the issues, shape the future”
Participating in the second of three panels, Schultz will address today’s internet risks and our modes of confronting them. Other panelists and speakers include Senator Jay Rockefeller, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour of the Federal Trade Commission, and Kathy Brown, senior vice president, Verizon. Speakers will appear intermittently throughout the program, while panelist discussions will occur in a round-robin Q&A style with questions generated by a moderator.
“I am honored to be a part of the Safe Internet Alliance’s first conference on Capitol Hill,” said McGruff Safeguard CEO Marty Schultz. “Both McGruff Safeguard and The Safe Internet Alliance realize how essential it is for lawmakers and the public to become fully aware of the dangers of the internet and the best ways to confront them.”
McGruff SafeGuard can be a vital tool for parents hoping to monitor their children’s internet activity. The free service helps parents see and understand exactly what their children are doing on the Internet and whom they are doing it with. After installing McGruff SafeGuard on the child’s computer, parents will be alerted to dangerous activities, such as cyber bullying, vulgar content, and Internet predators.
About McGruff Safeguard
McGruff Safeguard (www.GoMcGruff.com) helps parents raise safe kids by providing a free, easy-to use Internet safety service that monitors, filters, and controls a child’s activity online. Created by child safety experts, McGruff Safeguard protects children by alerting their parents in real-time to potentially dangerous behavior and situations involving cyber-bullying, sexual abuse, drug use, Internet predators, and other threats.