AT&T to secure Amtrak information technology infrastructure - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Financial terms of the agreement werenot Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) will providse services to protect D.C.-based Amtrak’s telecom networkj infrastructure, the company’s Web site and the personal information of The company will be responsible for implementingg and managing Amtrak’s wireless local area network (WLAN) and its enhancexd virtual private network (EVPN) to help connecty more than 400 locations and multiple networks on a singlr network platform.
“We are bringing together and providing securitt service across the newly constructed Amtrak saidGene Budsock, director of product marketing managemen for security services at Additionally, AT&T will put up firewalls to secure data that flowes both in and out of Amtrak’s networks, monitoriny for internal threats to and breached of the company’s security policies. Despite, some contraction in technologhy spending due tothe economy, Budsoc k said some areas of IT spendingb are creeping upwards. “Any time there is heightened awareness of security we get an increasein [customer] said Budsock.
“As there is more scrutiny aroundr protecting the customers and shareholdersof institutions... that makese companies better be able to spenx security dollars than otherIT dollars.” Under the Amtrak also will use AT&T voice services, includinb long distance and audio and Web conferencing Amtrak provides intercity passenge rail service across 46 states and 21,00o0 route miles. In the company’s last fiscal year, its trains carriec more than 28.7 million AT&T is the third largest employer in which is the headquarters of itswirelesz subsidiary, AT&T Mobility.