Stopping hackers inside the network
The country's biggest phone companies are launching efforts to bolster cyber-security by identifying and stopping hacker attacks and other risks before they reach their targets, the WSJ reports (it's free today, so be sure to check it out).
It's a fascinating read about how the networks are drawing on their old experience running phone services to look at patterns of activity online, and identify trouble spots before they hit corporate or personal computers. Warning signs can be excess traffic coming from or pointing at a particular location, or bits of code known to be used by hackers.
AT&T is apparently very good at this, with security alerts on some problems often coming 12 to 24 hours before traditional security companies, one data security manager said.
