SÃO PAULO, June 23, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- United States Governor John Hickenlooper,
Colorado, visited Level 3
Communications, Inc.'s (NYSE: LVLT) data center facility in São
Paulo, Brazil. The focus of his
visit was to learn more about Colorado-based Level 3's cybersecurity
services and innovations. The Governor toured Level 3's data
center, Network Operations Center and Distributed Denial of Service
(DDoS) scrubbing center in Cotia, São Paulo. Governor Hickenlooper
has expressed his intent to make Colorado a model for best practices in
cybersecurity.
Level 3 Data Centers:
- Level 3 owns 17 data centers in Latin America, located in 14
cities and key business centers, three of which are in Brazil (Curitiba, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro).
- In April, Level 3 activated a power substation at its data
center in Cotia, fortifying business continuity capabilities for
customers in the region.
- Level 3 operates more than 350 data centers worldwide, offering
high-density power, redundancy, security and scalability.
Level 3 Security:
- In February 2016, Level 3 opened
its first Latin America scrubbing center in São Paulo.
- The São Paulo scrubbing center provides efficient attack
mitigation, helping customers in the region recover from malicious
activity with minimal downtime.
- The São Paulo scrubbing center is Level 3's first scrubbing
center in Latin America and ninth
worldwide. Other locations include: Frankfurt, Germany; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; London, England; and Chicago, Dallas, Los
Angeles, New York and
Washington, D.C. in the United States.
- Every day, the Level 3 security team monitors approximately 1.3
billion security events.
Key Quotes:
John Hickenlooper, Governor,
State of Colorado
"Seeing firsthand Level 3's data center gave me great insight
into how they identify, research and detect malicious cyber
activity. It also reinforced how the efforts we have underway in
the state of Colorado will help
protect global businesses of all sizes against increasing cyber
threats."
Gabriel del Campo, Data Center
Senior Vice President, Level 3 Latin America
"It was an honor to have Governor Hickenlooper visit
Brazil and Level 3's data center.
We believe the behind-the-scenes glimpse of our global operations
not only demonstrated how our vast view of the cyber threat
landscape and information security ecosystem helps us mitigate and
deflect attacks, but also will be beneficial in Colorado's efforts to enhance its
cybersecurity."
Additional Resources:
- Infographic: Latin America C2 Threat Landscape
- Video: Network-based Security Overview
- Video: Cotia Data Center
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company
that provides local, national and global communications services to
enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3's
comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber
and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data
communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content
distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves
customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries across a
global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three
continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. For more
information, please visit www.level3.com or get to know us on
Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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owners. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3
Communications, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements made in this press release are forward-looking
in nature and are based on management's current expectations or
beliefs. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of
performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other
factors, many of which are outside Level 3's control, which could
cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by the statements. Important factors that could prevent
Level 3 from achieving its stated goals include, but are not
limited to, the company's ability to: increase revenue from its
services to realize its targets for financial and operating
performance; develop and maintain effective business support
systems; manage system and network failures or disruptions; avert
the breach of its network and computer system security measures;
develop new services that meet customer demands and generate
acceptable margins; manage the future expansion or adaptation of
its network to remain competitive; defend intellectual property and
proprietary rights; manage risks associated with continued
uncertainty in the global economy; manage continued or accelerated
decreases in market pricing for communications services; obtain
capacity for its network from other providers and interconnect its
network with other networks on favorable terms; successfully
integrate future acquisitions; effectively manage political, legal,
regulatory, foreign currency and other risks it is exposed to due
to its substantial international operations; mitigate its exposure
to contingent liabilities; and meet all of the terms and conditions
of its debt obligations. Additional information concerning these
and other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this
press release should be evaluated in light of these important
factors. Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims
any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
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