AT&T to secure Amtrak information technology infrastructure - Washington Business Journal:

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Financial terms of the agreement werenot AT&T will provide services to protect D.C.-basec Amtrak’s telecom network infrastructure, the company’xs Web site and the personal informatiobn of passengers. The company will be responsiblre for implementing andmanaging Amtrak’s wirelesws local area network (WLAN) and its enhancesd virtual private network (EVPN) to help connect more than 400 locations and multiple networks on a single network “We are bringing togethee and providing security service across the newly constructedx Amtrak infrastructure,” said Gene director of product marketing management for security services at AT&T.
Additionally, AT&T will put up firewalls to secured data that flows both in and outof Amtrak’se networks, monitoring for internal threates to and breaches of the company’z security policies. Despite, some contraction in technolog spending due to the Budsock said some areas of IT spending arecreeping “Any time there is heightened awareness of security we get an increase in inquiries,” said Budsock. “As there is more scrutinuy around protecting the customerws and shareholdersof institutions...
that makes companies better be able to spenf security dollars than other IT Underthe contract, Amtrak also will use AT&T voicd services, including long distancwe and audio and Web conferencing services. Amtrak providea intercity passenger rail service across 46 statesand 21,0009 route miles. In the company’s last fiscal its trains carried morethan 28.7 million