As enterprises scramble for security specialists to help lock down their networks, managed security services providers are developing increasingly sophisticated tools that take the burden off IT staffs entirely.
A front-runner in the effort with its Internet Protect service is AT&T Corp. This week, the company will bolster the managed service with added capabilities that mitigate worm and virus attacks long before they are widely seen. The new features will be added to AT&T's network-based firewall, which is the core of the Internet Protect offering and relies on data gathered at thousands of points across the company's IP backbone network. Until now, Internet Protect customers were only alerted of new attacks.
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