AT&T Expands Security Consulting Service With PCI Approved Vulnerability Scanning

DALLAS, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced the availability of AT&T SureScan PCI Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) and automated vulnerability scanning services primarily for Level 1 Merchants and Service Providers, designed to assess and identify weaknesses in operating systems, services, and devices that could put an organization's network and data at risk for attack from hackers.

With the addition of AT&T SureScan to the AT&T Consulting portfolio, customers can now access all the services required to become PCI compliant – annual assessments, compliance program management, remediation consulting services, compliance health checks, compliance readiness assessments and approved scanning vendor (ASV), and Qualified Incident Response Assessor (QIRA) – from a trusted industry leader.

"A lot of clients want a 'one-stop-shopping' experience for their PCI services," said Todd Waskelis, Vice President, Security Consulting Services, AT&T Consulting Solutions. "With this scanning capability AT&T Consulting adds to our highly reputable PCI service offering, making us a single source Trusted Advisor for all their PCI compliance and security needs."

AT&T Consulting adds PCI scanning to their service portfolio as an Approved Scanning Vendor. AT&T SureScan will be available as Software as a Service offering with scans provided across the internet sourcing from the AT&T Consulting infrastructure.

AT&T delivers a suite of security, business continuity and Consulting services to help assess vulnerabilities, protect infrastructure, detect attacks and respond to suspicious activities and events on customer premises and in the network cloud. AT&T SureScan is part of an exciting and growing portfolio of security consulting and risk management services from AT&T.

More information on AT&T's PCI security consulting offerings can be found at http://www.corp.att.com/consulting/security/pci.html

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

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