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AT&T Joins DHS Cybersecurity Program

Friday, November 13th, 2015

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AT&T Joins DHS Cybersecurity Program

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AT&T [T] recently joined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated (E3A) federal civilian government cybersecurity program, the company said Wednesday.Christopher Smith, vice president for technology at AT&T Government Solutions, said DHS awarded AT&T a contract to provide Intrusion Prevention Security Services (IPSS), another name for the E3A program protection, for federal civilian agencies in a blog post.“Like our Enhanced Cybersecurity Services, the IPSS platform detects potential email threats and blocks attempts to divert users’ computers to unsafe…

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