Company: AT&T Business Dallas, TX
Company Description: AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is the world's third largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest wireless carrier in the United States. As of 2023, AT&T was ranked 32nd on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $122.4 billion.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Technology Solutions
Nomination Sub Category: Cybersecurity Solution
 Nomination Title: AT&T's AT&T Dynamic Defense™
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:
AT&T Dynamic Defense™ was launched on 2/20/24.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
Total 340 words used.
AT&T Dynamic Defense was designed with a simplified, seamless, and secure experience in mind. Business customers can easily activate the product online and benefit from its protection capabilities within minutes. The customer portal provides ongoing visibility to help customers detect and evaluate threats and implement policies to protect their businesses.
The simplified user interface allows customers to:
- Deploy service in minutes with a single embedded solution and no separate equipment to buy or deploy.
- Add, remove, & view IPs on the customer’s Allow and Block List.
- Administer security controls and updates.
- Modify filters. Customers can also create an “allow list’ for IP address from a blocked country, if needed.
- Users to toggle categories on and off.
- Receive predefined reports provide crucial insights into the traffic and activities on the customer’s network.
Key capabilities include:
- AT&T Dynamic Defense Shield is the network’s first line of defense against threats and blocks up to 30,000 malicious IP addresses before they hit. This feature, powered by AT&T CSO threat intelligence, adapts to the evolving risk landscape to continuously shield against zero-day attacks, botnets, and other threats.
- AT&T Enhanced Dynamic Defense Shield blocks up to 150,000 malicious IP addresses before they hit the customer’s network. Customers can add IPs to their blocklist and have visibility to all sites blocked by AT&T.
- NextGen firewall is a deep inspection firewall with granular security controls to mitigate security risks, providing details relating to the configuration of IP blocking, web filtering, stateful firewall, and Geo-IP blocking.
- Geo IP Filtering is a powerful tool designed to enhance the security and protection of the customer’s network infrastructure, enabling organizations to control access and limit malicious exposure.
- Web filtering feature enables users to classify websites into predefined categories such as Social Networking, Gambling, Adult Content, etc. By categorizing websites, organizations can selectively allow or block access to specific categories based on their policies.
- Reporting provides critical information about cybersecurity threats, risks within the digital ecosystem, potential and existing gaps in security controls, and the overall performance of the security programs.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
Total 338 words used.
AT&T does not provide revenue or unit sales figures publicly.
AT&T Wants To Stop Cyber Threats Before They Reach You
AT&T Launches ‘Dynamic Defense’ Cybersecurity to Protect Businesses in Dallas, Select Cities
AT&T Launches First-and-Only Network with Built-in Security Controls
AT&T Dynamic Defense has been privileged and proud to be recognized by the cybersecurity industry, including by Cybersecurity Excellence (both in 2024 and 2025), Cybersecurity Breakthrough (in 2024), Top Infosec Innovator (in 2024), TMCnet Cybersecurity Excellence (in 2024) and Globee’s Cybersecurity (in 2025).
We have seen success with our customers in helping to protect their networks against potential threats, though for many customers they come to AT&T Dynamic Defense when they are experiencing an attack. We have had numerous customers ask for assistance during a cyberattack. We have been able to enable Dynamic Defense within minutes and begin mitigating the attack and protecting their network and their business.
For example, a manufacturer was experiencing an issue as a result of an identified Cisco ASA vulnerability. Due to their network configuration, there was no known solution to help patch the vulnerability. They decided to implement Dynamic Defense and began curating their list of blocked IPS and implementing geo blocks. In the month following implementation, Dynamic Defense blocked over 334k threats from these IPs that were causing several user lockouts from brute force attacks.
Another example would be a regional bank that over a course of 5-days had over 2,000 user lockouts from brute force attacks. They stated that at the peak they were getting 500 attempts per minute. This causes users not to be able to access their work but more importantly prevents the IT staff from having access to their systems to be able to remediate the issue. They have to time it perfectly in order to gain access before the next account lockout. The attack started over the weekend when the malicious actors expected the customer to not respond, AT&T stepped in and enabled Dynamic Defense and was able to immediately begin to mitigate these attacks.
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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There are many supporting documents, videos and information attached to this submission, a few that provide evidence of the claims of how AT&T Dynamic Defense is changing the cybersecurity network services landscape and connectivity include:
AT&T Wants To Stop Cyber Threats Before They Reach You
AT&T Launches First-and-Only Network with Built-in Security Controls
AT&T’s Dynamic Defense Supports Omnicom in Effective Cyber Threat Mitigation
HOTTELECOM: Shattering the Cybersecurity Playbook with Senthil Ramakrishnan
Defeating a Cyberattack – How AT&T Dynamic Defense assisted a healthcare provider during a cyberattack
All the attachments provide a solid understanding of the product and it's innovative nature and how it is changing how customer approach cybersecurity and their network services.
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