Case Study: AW North Carolina strengthens cybersecurity and disaster recovery with AT&T Business

AW North Carolina is driven to malware distraction: AT&T provides the heavy manufacturer with heavy-duty protections

AW North Carolina (AWNC), a high-volume automotive transmission manufacturer with facilities in Durham and Creedmoor, North Carolina, faced frequent outages and growing exposure to viruses, ransomware, and other malware across an aging IT infrastructure. As a company that ships automotive components six times a day and can lose more than $270,000 in revenue for each hour of downtime, AWNC needed a major IT and security overhaul. AT&T Business was selected to help modernize its network and protect critical operations.

AT&T Business implemented a multilayer security and connectivity solution that included incident response and forensics, a private AT&T VPN, secure email protection, Proofpoint Email Protection, network-based firewalling, AT&T Cloud Web Security Service, enterprise mobility management, and an MPLS link between sites for disaster recovery redundancy. The result was faster recovery from the ransomware incident, reduced downtime, improved malware detection, and the ability to restore operations within minutes instead of hours or days. AT&T Business helped AWNC protect its production line and avoid costly disruptions, reinforcing peace of mind at a rate of roughly $270,000 per hour of uptime value.

AW North Carolina

John Peterson

General Manager of Information Technology