Spamhaus DROP
High-confidence hostile IPv4 and IPv6 ranges can be blocked at the managed router before traffic reaches services behind it.
IT Communications
Your Internet Connection. Now Actively Defending Your Business.
Protect your business connection with AI-powered threat analysis, continuous monitoring, automatic response and customer portal visibility.
AI-Powered Network Protection Built Into Your I.T Communications Service
Continuous monitoringAI-powered analysisSpamhaus & DShield intelligenceAutomatic temporary blockingCustomer portal visibility
Active, not passive
Most providers deliver the connection. We help protect it.
A conventional internet circuit delivers traffic and leaves you responsible for everything crossing it. Supported I.T Communications managed connections can add continuous visibility, automated threat response and reporting through the same service relationship.
We provide the connection, the managed network and the intelligent protection layer around it.
AI built into the protection layer
Understand what is happening, why it matters and how the platform should respond.
Active Network Protection combines high-speed network detection with built-in AI analysis. AI helps interpret suspicious behaviour, correlate events, assess context and turn technical activity into explanations people can understand.
Protection does not rely solely on AI. High-speed security rules handle immediate threats while AI adds deeper analysis and context, so protection continues if the AI service is temporarily unavailable.
ANALYSIS LAYER
- Interpret suspicious behaviour
- Recognise patterns across events
- Distinguish unusual from ordinary traffic
- Assist I.T Communications monitoring
- Explain incidents in clear language
Real-time protection
From network activity to controlled action.
Designed to identify activity consistent with port scanning, repeated connection attacks, abnormal connection rates, router management attacks, suspicious SIP activity, reconnaissance and known hostile sources.
Network Activity→Continuous Monitoring→Threat Detection→AI Analysis→ITC Security Policy→Automatic Protection
Rapid, governed response
Threats do not have to wait for someone to read a log.
When behaviour reaches defined high-confidence thresholds, approved security policies can automatically restrict the hostile source and record what happened.
Temporary network blocksTrusted-source allowlistingFull audit trailAutomatic block expiryITC administrator oversightPredefined security policy
ITC threat intelligence
One protected customer can help protect another.
If the same hostile source begins probing several protected I.T Communications networks, the platform can correlate those security indicators centrally and increase threat confidence. Sufficiently high-confidence activity can contribute to an ITC-wide intelligence view.
Every protected ITC connection contributes to a broader picture of malicious internet activity.Private customer network data is not shared directly between customers.External threat intelligence
Known hostile addresses can be stopped before they reach your protected services.
Active Network Protection automatically checks external source addresses against current intelligence from Spamhaus DROP and the DShield Recommended Block List. This adds established global reputation data to the activity seen across the protected I.T Communications estate.
Known hostile Spamhaus ranges can be proactively blocked under ITC security policy. DShield intelligence contributes to threat scoring and the governed response, helping the platform recognise dangerous sources sooner.
DShield
Recommended hostile ranges strengthen risk scoring and can contribute to automatic protection when defined policy thresholds are reached.
Automatic feed checks→Known-source recognition→Policy-controlled blocking
Customer portal visibility
See your protection working.
Review protection status, current threat level, detected and blocked activity, recent events, attack history and AI-generated incident explanations through the I.T Communications portal.
Security event · 14:32
Your connection received a large number of attempts from one external source across multiple network services. The behaviour was consistent with automated network reconnaissance. Active Network Protection temporarily blocked the source in accordance with your security policy.
Current threat levelLOW
27Threats blocked today14Suspicious events1Protected connections19Unique hostile sources
Included with eligible I.T Communications managed leased lines.
Advanced network monitoring, AI-powered analysis, automated threat response, security event history and portal visibility form part of eligible managed leased-line services.
Get a Leased Line QuoteAvailable for eligible managed business broadband.
Add Active Network Protection as an optional monthly service to a supported I.T Communications managed broadband connection.
Ask About Active Network ProtectionMore than connectivity
Intelligence, visibility and active protection built around your connection.
Continuous monitoring
Network activity is continuously analysed for suspicious behaviour.
Automatic response
High-confidence threats can be temporarily restricted without waiting for manual intervention.
Built-in AI
AI adds context, correlates activity and explains incidents clearly.
Global reputation feeds
Spamhaus and DShield intelligence helps identify known hostile source addresses.
ITC threat intelligence
Security indicators can be correlated across the protected ITC estate.
Customer visibility
See threats, actions and network activity through your ITC portal.
Managed by ITC
No separate security appliance or additional dashboard to maintain.
Behavioural awareness
Significant deviations from normal network behaviour can be identified.
A stronger connection
Typical connectivity compared with active protection.
| Capability | Typical internet connection | ITC Active Network Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Internet connectivity | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous threat monitoring | — | ✓ |
| Automated threat response | — | ✓ |
| AI-powered analysis | — | ✓ |
| Customer security dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Cross-network threat intelligence | — | ✓ |
| Managed security visibility | — | ✓ |
Controlled automation
Intelligent automation. Controlled by ITC security policy.
AI assists with understanding and classifying suspicious activity, but enforcement remains governed by predefined I.T Communications security policies. AI does not have unrestricted control of customer routers.
Designed to detect common hostile network activity
- Automated port scans and reconnaissance
- Repeated login and connection attacks
- Abnormal connection-flood patterns
- Suspicious router management or SIP activity
- Known malicious sources and multi-network attacks
- Significant deviations from normal traffic behaviour
Where it adds value
Protection for businesses that depend on connectivity.
Professional services
Protect exposed services and understand suspicious internet activity.
Retail & multi-site
Monitor supported managed connections across sites from one portal.
Voice & communications
Identify suspicious SIP and scanning activity around business voice services.
High-availability businesses
Add another protection layer around critical leased-line connectivity.
An additional network security layer
Active Network Protection does not replace endpoint security, antivirus, EDR, email security, identity protection or a complete cyber-security strategy. It can identify and respond to certain hostile traffic and connection-flood patterns at the managed router; it cannot prevent every threat or overcome an access circuit already saturated upstream.
Managed connectivity, intelligently protected
Do not just connect your business. Protect the connection.
Choose I.T Communications for continuous monitoring, automated threat response, AI-powered analysis and customer portal visibility in one managed service.
Active Network Protection included with eligible managed I.T Communications leased lines.