AT&T Launches Encryption Services to Help Businesses Secure E-mail and Data
Posted on June 3, 2008
Filed Under Security
AT&T Expands Managed Security Services Portfolio. SAN ANTONIO, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced the availability of managed security services that help
businesses better protect their data — AT&T Encryption Services(SM). This
offer is designed to help protect companies from data loss and leakage
while also addressing regulatory-compliance concerns, the non-repudiation
of data and privacy issues.
AT&T Encryption Services, the most recent addition to AT&T’s enterprise
security portfolio, is focused on the protection of information by
providing encryption services and management of digital signatures “in the
cloud.”
Some of the capabilities of AT&T Encryption Services include e-mail
confidentiality to help prevent unauthorized parties from accessing
critical messages and attachments, authentication of the e-mail sender, as
well as non-repudiation: a validation of the integrity of the e-mail
message and its contents that ensures the recipient that the message was
not modified.
The AT&T Encryption Services portfolio has additional features including:
— Encrypted Mail: Developed to encrypt e-mail messages and attachments on
the personal computer, this offer supports Outlook, Lotus Notes,
Outlook Express, BlackBerry(R) and Webmail.
— Encrypted Mail Gateway: An enterprise policy-management filter
transparently determines whether e-mail should be encrypted. It
features industry-trusted encryption standards such as PKI, X.509 and
S/MIME and includes a message-pickup center for nonsubscribers.
— Encrypted Mail Exchange: This enables businesses to establish groups
within a message-exchange platform, which provides full encryption
services for e-mail and e-mail attachments. This is designed for
organizations that need to secure messaging for distinct groups within
the organization, such as human resources and accounting. It features
audit trail reports and compliance with Industry Auditing Rules and
Regulations.
— Encrypted Documents: This feature establishes the secure exchange of
sensitive information between an individual and a user group by
encrypting folder or network drives and all of the data contained
within them. The Encrypted Documents feature reduces internal data
leakage and theft of confidential data, as well as provides compliance
with industry regulations when handling confidential information.
— Encrypted Document Delivery: This offer provides the functionality to
replace regular postal communications used for statements, invoices and
notices with secure, signed and trusted e-mail messages and statement
notifications. This is an end-to-end signed and encrypted
document-delivery application that allows organizations to reduce
operational costs and safeguard their client identities from statement
theft and password interception.
“Data protection and loss prevention is becoming increasingly critical
for businesses of all sizes with data breaches costing organizations more
and more each year,” said S. Dale McHenry, vice president, Enterprise
Network Services, AT&T. “AT&T’s managed security services provide
businesses with the tools and resources that they need to securely handle
their data, helping to enforce data privacy and save money with the
electronic transfer of documents.”
AT&T’s managed security services portfolio is centered on the
principles of delivering and leading the market with in-the-cloud security
solutions to help enterprises reduce costs and remove the dependency on
hardware and software. AT&T’s strategy for security is to provide a
“defense in depth” approach to security, with features built into the
various network layers, applications and supporting processes.
AT&T Security and Business Continuity Services deliver a suite of
solutions to help assess vulnerabilities, protect infrastructure, detect
attacks, respond to suspicious activities and events and design enterprise
networking environments for nonstop operations. More information on AT&T
security offerings can be found at http://www.business.att.com/security.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation’s leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In
2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America’s Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and
the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is
available at http://www.att.com.
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