OTTAWA, Ontario, April 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink,
Inc. (NYSE: CTL) CEO and President Glen F.
Post, III delivered an industry keynote address highlighting
the benefits of public-private partnerships to high-ranking
government, military and industry leaders attending the NATO
Communications and Information Agency's Annual Industry Conference
and AFCEA TechNet International being held in Ottawa April 24-26.
"In this rapidly evolving environment, how and with whom our
nations partner will have profound effects on the security and
prosperity of our global economy," Post said. "Given the
extraordinary speed of innovation and technology adoption,
CenturyLink is leveraging its relationships with our customers,
vendors and peers to anticipate and address these challenges and
assure the resiliency of our cyber ecosystem."
In a speech entitled, "New models for government – industry
collaboration for a new era of cyber threats," Post noted that
collectively, we must move toward partnerships with trusted peers.
"We have found that our trusted partnerships play a critical role
in combating the cyber threat, since we all bring different assets,
approaches and specialized knowledge to the table," he told
attendees at the conference known as NITEC17 entitled, "Sharpening
NATO's Technological Edge: Adaptive Partnerships and the Innovative
Power of Alliance Industry."
"Securing our collective networks against evolving cyber threats
begins when organizations acknowledge we are all interdependent and
that we face common threats and vulnerabilities," Post said. "It is
only by working together that we can create the best technologies,
processes and world-leading solutions."
CenturyLink is investing in the technologies, services and
trusted partnerships that can help customers stay ahead of growing
cyber threats and fulfill their missions. The company is leveraging
the latest in Software Defined Networking and Network Functions
Virtualization, along with big data analytics, to better predict,
detect and respond to malicious cyber attacks. "We're also
committed to providing built-in interoperability and ways IT
systems can talk to each other via the cloud," he said.
"At the end of the day, cybersecurity is not just a job. It's an
obligation," Post explained. "Cybersecurity is about protecting our
families, our friends, our businesses, our economies and our
countries around the world."
CenturyLink serves on the U.S. President's National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Council and the Federal Communications
Commission's Communications Security, Reliability and
Interoperability Council.
The company maintains a 24/7 presence within the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications
Integration Center, where members jointly respond to all national
disasters and emergencies, including cyber-related events.
CenturyLink is also a premier provider of secure transport
backbone services to the U.S. Deparment of Defense and the
warfighter through the U.S. Defense Information Systems
Agency.
By supplying managed hosting, cybersecurity, cloud and IT
services over its carrier-class network, CenturyLink provides
government agencies with the security and reliability they need to
carry out their important missions.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global
communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling
millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives
through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network
and data systems management, big data analytics and IT consulting,
and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice,
video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile
U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport
network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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