AT&T expands Secure Advanced Service Edge capabilities for SMBs with Cisco Meraki

AT&T has expanded its managed services portfolio

AT&T has expanded its Secure Advanced Service Edge (SASE) service capabilities with the addition of Cisco Meraki.

The new managed service will provide businesses with secure access, cloud-based security and SD-WAN capabilities to help protect users from malicious web-based threats.

The US-HQ telecoms giant says the collaboration will also help improve network performance, enable access, defend sensitive data and help protect against unauthorised use and loss for partners and their end users.

"In network connectivity and security, there is often little margin for error," VP of AT&T Cybersecurity Danessa Lambdin said.

"For many businesses, the expertise to get it right is hard to come by.

"AT&T SASE with Cisco Meraki is a completely managed service that puts our experts in the driver's seat giving growth-oriented businesses an integrated solution that can address their needs today, and scale up right alongside them going forward."

What makes the service different?

AT&T said the addition of Cisco Meraki creates a solution that also includes indoor/outdoor access points, network switches, cellular gateways, and teleworker appliances.

"The scalability of the solution is critical for growing businesses that need to rapidly expand to different data centres and branch locations or add more devices to their network," AT&T said.

Customers will also receive monitoring and support from AT&T Managed Services and specialists.

Lawrence Huang, vice president of product management at Cisco Meraki, said: "Businesses looking to deploy cloud security across distributed locations must be able to do so in a simple, scalable, and reliable way.

"The AT&T SASE with Cisco Meraki service offers customers a seamless onramp to their SASE journey with a fully integrated networking and security offering, ultimately protecting users against internet-based threats both on and off the network."