Comcast Business Makes Cybersecurity Simple for Small Businesses with Nationwide Launch of SecurityEdge™ Preferred
Publish Date: 2026-06-11 10:00:00
Source Domain: finance.yahoo.com
Enterprise-grade, AI-powered threat detection, embedded directly in the Comcast Business network, now available to small businesses nationwide
PHILADELPHIA, June 11, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast Business, the nation’s largest provider of connectivity to small businesses, today announced the nationwide availability of SecurityEdge™ Preferred, its most advanced, network-native cybersecurity solution for small businesses – and the most comprehensive cybersecurity solution for small businesses at the best price.
Because SecurityEdge Preferred is built directly into the Comcast Business network, security can be activated in minutes without deploying additional hardware, managing multiple vendors, or maintaining complex security tools. Rather than adding another layer on top of existing infrastructure, it lives inside the connectivity small businesses already rely on – intercepting threats at the network edge, the moment traffic enters or exits. It is an architectural advantage that network-native security can deliver, and other products cannot.
The numbers tell a consistent story. Comcast Business’s own 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report – drawn from 34.6 billion security events across its network – found the threat environment facing small businesses at its most active and most costly on record. Outside research confirms it: according to Cisco, 43 percent of all cyberattacks now target small businesses, and the Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2024 Consumer and Business Impact Report found that financial losses from breaches have doubled in two years, with damages increasingly topping $500,000.
Yet most small businesses have no dedicated security staff, no interest in complex deployments, and no path to the enterprise-grade tools that larger organizations take for granted. SecurityEdge Preferred was designed to change that.
“Security shouldn’t require an IT department to work,” said Christian Nascimento, Senior Vice President,…
