AT&T Inc. today launched a new managed extended detection and response service that extends threat detection and response from the endpoint to the network to the cloud, providing broad visibility.

The AT&T Managed XDR solution features a cloud-based security platform with security threat analytics, machine learning and third-party connectors. The service protects endpoint, network and cloud assets with automated and orchestrated malware prevention, threat detection and response.

The service is being pitched as helping companies dealing with increasing complexities that come with evolving architectures to support a hybrid workforce. Securing new business initiatives in edge computing is driving new security requirements as attack surfaces continue to grow. At the same time, cybercriminals are using highly evasive and more lucrative strategies to exploit and profit from network vulnerabilities.

AT&T argues that using a legacy approach to threat detection and response no longer suffices because security teams struggle with too many alerts, too much data and not enough context. The company says AT&T Managed XDR allows organizations to detect, respond and recover faster from security threats, at higher scale, than existing solutions.

The Managed XDR service is based on AT&T’s Unified Security Management platform, which includes its Alien Labs threat intelligence and deep integrations to many third-party products. The service combines its Managed Endpoint Security with SentinelOne and its Managed Threat Detection & Response. Through this combination, AT&T Security Operations Center analysts provide 24×7 threat monitoring and management of separate threat detection stacks for greater network visibility and faster endpoint threat detection.

“Given the complexities customers are facing with digital transformation and protecting against increasing cyberthreats, the approach to monitoring and addressing threats needs to evolve,” Rupesh Chokshi (pictured), vice president of AT&T Cybersecurity, said in a statement. “Our managed XDR solution extends automated and orchestrated managed detection and response with powerful new security analytics and machine learning capabilities, enabling greater efficiency in security operations and helping organizations to propel digital transformation and drive revenue growth.”

In September, Chokshi spoke to theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s live streaming studio, about efforts AT&T is putting into cybersecurity development and partnerships. More than 440 petabytes of data streams across the AT&T network during an average day with the company hard at work keeping the data safe from theft and breaches, according to Chokshi.

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