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AT&T Launches New Managed Endpoint Security Solution

AT&T has launched a managed endpoint do this, threat detection and response on that need to be identified with greater
security solution through its alliance with endpoints needs to be orchestrated and visibility. AT&T Managed Endpoint Security
SentinelOne. AT&T Managed Endpoint automated through correlated security with Sentinel One creates that visibility
Security with SentinelOne correlates the alerts. AT&T Managed Endpoint Security and works to protect you 24x7. AT&T SOC
detection of endpoint threats through a scales and augments understaffed and analysts are trusted advisors, providing
single software agent that consolidates overwhelmed security teams. expert threat hunting, monitoring,
Antivirus, Endpoint Protection, Endpoint What makes this new cybersecurity and response capabilities. AT&T and
Detection and Response, and IoT security solution different? SentinelOne have integrated their
functions. The new solution provides In a few words: greater visibility. AT&T platforms and enabled orchestrated and
comprehensive endpoint protection against Managed Endpoint Security with automated incident response to protect
ransomware and other cyberattacks, while SentinelOne tracks every process that your endpoints. Additional integrations
also detecting highly advanced threats occurs on and between each endpoint, between AT&T Alien Labs, SentinelOne,
within an enterprise network or cloud applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and and the AT&T SOC add layers of context for
environment. AT&T Managed Endpoint Machine Learning that reside on the the SOC management team to gain greater
Security with SentinelOne includes 24x7 agent to identify and counteract threats insights that lead to better and faster
threat monitoring and management by at machine speed. The autonomous threat detection and response.
AT&T Security Operations Center (SOC) agent provides protection even while When will this new cybersecurity solution
analysts. When used with AT&T Managed an endpoint is offline, enabling today’s be available?
Threat Detection and Response, customers remote workforce. As one of the world’s AT&T Managed Endpoint Security with
will benefit from one SOC team providing top Managed Security Services Providers SentinelOne is available now to AT&T
continuous monitoring of separate threat (MSSPs), AT&T understands that the Managed Threat Detection and Response
detection stacks for greater network network edge is constantly shifting and customers.
visibility and faster endpoint threat expanding, which can create security gaps
detection.
Why is this important?
Businesses face expanding network
perimeters in need of protection. Endpoint
cyberattacks and the sophistication of
adversaries are on the rise. As such, SOC
teams can be overwhelmed with alerts and
data providing limited context to identify
issues. This can be especially challenging
when monitoring endpoints for protection
and detection in both on-premises and
cloud environments. The SOC teams’
ability to view threats holistically through
a single agent is important for responding
to threats quickly and with confidence. To

AT&T, Missouri University Team on 5G Use Case Research

US operator AT&T teamed with the stated the lab aimed to tap innovations experimentation to implementation”.
University of Missouri to launch a 5G from “across different disciplines” to Verizon and T-Mobile US are among rival
laboratory on its campus, targeting create real-world solutions. She explained operators which have recently stepped-
development of use cases including remote the University of Missouri is one of only up efforts to develop 5G use cases. In
surgery and telemedicine, along with AR/ six in the US offering courses on human December 2020, AT&T opened an R&D lab
VR technologies. The move expands on and veterinary medicine, agriculture, arts at Purdue University to research services
an earlier partnership which resulted in a and science, law, and nuclear research spanning manufacturing, agriculture,
dedicated course on connectivity and 5G in the same site. Bimal Balakrishnan, smart cities, rural broadband and IoT. The
being taught, with students developing use associate professor of Architectural operator also runs a 5G content creation
cases covering healthcare and campus Studies at the university, said the facility lab in New York City.
security. AT&T VP and GM Alyson Woodard will enable a swift transition of ideas “from

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