Comcast Launches Digital Security Service to Protect WiFi Connected Devices in the Home
January 08 2019 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Available to 15 Million Homes, Xfinity xFi
Advanced Security Monitors, Blocks and Informs Customers of Online
Threats and Provides Seamless Protection
Comcast today announced the national launch of Xfinity xFi
Advanced Security, a new artificial-intelligence-powered service
that monitors, blocks and informs customers of online threats to
connected devices, and provides seamless digital protection for
those devices when connected to their home network.
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Xfinity xFi Advanced Security, which is
available to 15 million homes, monitors, blocks and informs
customers of online threats and provides seamless protection.
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By 2022, Cisco estimates that there will be more than 13
connected devices per person in North America, and many consumers
don’t have access to the expertise or the tools to keep those
devices secure, especially when many of these technologies don’t
have keyboards or screens. In addition, Symantec reported that the
number of attacks against Internet-of-things devices is growing
exponentially, increasing 600 percent between 2016 and 2017, alone,
creating new concerns for connected home users.
xFi Advanced Security was developed to protect devices in this
new hyper-connected reality. It uses AI and machine learning
technology to monitor and analyze WiFi traffic in the home, and
will automatically block identified suspicious activity in real
time. Using a simple, intuitive user interface, the technology
informs customers of blocked threats and, when necessary, provides
instructions on how to further secure affected devices.
“As the digital world gets more complex, we wanted to make it
simple and easy for our customers to protect their home networks.
That’s why we developed xFi Advanced Security,” said Fraser
Stirling, Senior Vice President of Digital Home, Devices and AI,
Comcast Cable. “We want to give customers digital peace of mind for
the devices they already own and the confidence to expand and
evolve their connected homes knowing that every new camera,
voice-assisted speaker or smart thermostat they add will be
protected.”
The xFi Advanced Security service protects all of the devices in
a customer’s home that are connected to the Xfinity Advanced
Gateway with no set-up required, other than turning the device on.
There’s nothing for the customer to install or configure and, once
the device is turned on, the xFi Advanced Security service starts
working immediately. Protection is automatically extended to any
device that is connected to the home network wirelessly or by
ethernet. Customers can review a list of digital security-related
actions that were taken each day right from the xFi dashboard –
accessible from the mobile app or online. This seamless experience
is possible because the technology behind xFi Advanced Security is
fully integrated into xFi Gateways.
While traditional security products are effective at protecting
individual devices like laptops and tablets, there’s a growing need
for technologies that can protect all the devices on a network at
once. xFi Advanced Security bridges that gap, automatically
protecting any device that connects to an xFi gateway.
xFi Advanced Security is the latest addition to Comcast’s
Xfinity xFi platform, which gives customers a simple, digital
dashboard to set up and manage their home WiFi networks and allows
users to see what devices are connected to the network,
troubleshoot issues, set parental controls, get notifications about
activities on the home network, and even pause WiFi access to
certain devices during dinner or bedtime. xFi users can also ensure
whole-home WiFi coverage by adding xFi Pods, small, easy to install
devices that plug into any electrical outlet and extend
connectivity to hard to reach areas of their home.
Xfinity xFi Advanced Security is available to Comcast customers
who rent an xFi Gateway. The service is available for $5.99 per
month, and is also available as part of a package in some markets.
Customers can add it directly from the xFi app.
xFi Advanced Security is powered in part by an advanced AI
platform developed by AI security leader Cujo AI.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary
businesses: Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky.
Comcast Cable is one of the United States’ largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the Xfinity brand.
NBCUniversal is global and operates news, entertainment
and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast
networks, television production operations, television station
groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment companies,
connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also
provides communications services, including residential
high-speed internet, phone, and wireless services. Sky
operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and
entertainment networks, produces original content, and has
exclusive content rights. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for
more information.
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