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DALLAS, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Security is serious business for ATT*.

The company today announced an expanded set of managed security solutions (MSS) and new capabilities, including the industry’s first all-in-one mobile security solution to be launched later this year. ATT, which manages 24,000 security devices and one million seats for cloud-based security services, will discuss the expansion of its cyber security portfolio at the 15th Annual ATT Cyber Security Conference in New York City.

Andy Daudelin, VP Security Services, ATT Business Solutions will outline the company’s aggressive growth plan to provide customers with end-to-end protection in today’s most critical areas of security including network-based defense, cloud security, secure mobile business, and threat management. At the heart of these efforts is the recognition that customers are looking for comprehensive solutions that can be integrated across business environments, and provide improved visibility into the state of their own networks and impending threats.

Recent and upcoming enhancements to the ATT portfolio of security solutions

include:

— ATT plans to launch a new cyber security solution that combines network

and device-level security controls with highly-secure virtual private

networking, application security and a full suite of mobile device

management capabilities. The solution, expected later this year,

provides businesses with comprehensive security for their mobile

ecosystems, even if they’re not ATT wireless customers, and represents

the industry’s first all-in-one mobile security solution.

— ATT has added Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) security assessments to

its portfolio of consulting services to help organizations evaluate

their ability to detect, resist, and respond to targeted cyber security

threats. ATT security consultants are certified in a variety of

security competencies including: Security and Risk Management, Audit and

Controls Review, Industry Regulations/Best Practices, Vendor Specific

Certifications, and Security Investigations and Forensics.

— ATT has doubled its network capacity to manage the growing volume of

distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and recently added a DDoS

protection option for customers deploying critical Web applications,

including Content Delivery Networks (CDN). These enhancements provide

customers with greater protection against DDoS attacks by dispersing and

absorbing immense volumes of malicious traffic before they reach

customer networks.

“Security is at the very core of what we do as a company,” said Daudelin. “From the security controls built right into the backbone of our network to our proprietary threat intelligence, we work to make security an enabler, not a limitation of business transformation. That’s one reason why we have a 98% retention rate among our security clients.”

With hundreds of security experts and multiple security operations centers deployed in the United States and globally, ATT utilizes patented analytic capabilities to process 265 billion flow records and 6.5 trillion packets each day. The company also maintains a malicious entity database with more than 1.2 million threat signatures and tracks hundreds of millions of security events daily. It is a leader in innovation through ATT Labs, whose employees have thousands of patents issued or pending worldwide, with more than 100 patents in security and privacy issued in 2012 alone.

ATT was recognized as a leader in the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for MSSPs in North America, and also received a positive rating in the Gartner MarketScope for Managed Security Service reports in both Europe and Asia/Pacific**.

For more information on ATT Network Security, visit att.com/network-security

*ATT products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of ATT Inc. under the ATT brand and not by ATT Inc.

**Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America, Kelly M. Kavanagh, November 15, 2012; MarketScope for Managed Security Services in Europe, Carsten Casper, October 24, 2012; MarketScope for Managed Security Services in Asia/Pacific, 2012, Andrew Walls, October 9, 2012.

About ATT

ATT Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – ATT operating companies – are the providers of ATT services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s largest 4G network, ATT is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, ATT also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S.

carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the ATT U-verse and ATT ?DIRECTV brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

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