Secure mobile connectivity solution reduces cyber risks for
today's global workforce
MONROE, Louisiana, Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- For businesses
weighing the advantages of an increasingly mobile workforce against
the need to protect sensitive information in today's complex
cybersecurity landscape, CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is unveiling
Adaptive Network Security Mobility. Adaptive Network Security
Mobility is a network solution that enables remote users to
securely connect to internet and private network resources without
introducing cyber risks associated with using personal devices and
unsecured WiFi.
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"Businesses today are embracing a global and mobile
employee base. Thanks to the need for a constant connection on the
devices of our choice, the concept of a 'security perimeter' can be
difficult to define," said Chris
Richter, vice president of Global Security Services for
CenturyLink. "Compounding matters is the unfortunate fact that
public WiFi remains highly susceptible to hacking, and mobile
devices are prime targets, which is why enterprises need secure
mobility solutions that do not hinder performance and flexibility.
Our customers need to be confident their employees' connections are
secure regardless of connection type or device."
Adaptive Network Security Mobility allows enterprises to route
mobile users' access through next-generation Adaptive Network
Security gateways, enabling the consistent application of security
policies regardless of how, or where, users connect.
"With the expansion of remote and mobile workers, enterprises
would be well-served to incorporate secure mobility as part of a
comprehensive, cloud-based network security strategy, rather than
an add-on, piecemeal approach," noted Christina Richmond, security service practice
program director for IDC, a premier global market intelligence
firm.
Key Facts
- Adaptive Network Security Mobility offers secure, remote VPN
access to corporate networks via IPSec or SSL-based internet
connections and a standard web browser, providing end-to-end
encryption and tunneling.
- Enterprises purchase concurrent use sessions based on the
anticipated number of users at any given time, rather than
purchasing individual licenses for each mobile user.
- Customers can access Adaptive Network Security through a
constellation of global next-generation security gateways
distributed across Asia Pacific;
Europe, Middle East and Africa and North
America, all interconnected via CenturyLink's expansive,
global VPN backbone.
- Whether employees connect with a laptop, tablet or smartphone,
businesses maintain centralized authentication, user role-mapping,
resource policies and sign-in policies while enabling remote
connectivity.
Additional Resources
- Discover CenturyLink's global Adaptive Network Security
solution
- View CenturyLink's global Adaptive Network Security gateway
map
- Understand how global cyber threats are evolving:
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- Threat intelligence for Europe
- Threat intelligence for Asia
Pacific
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the
second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise
customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense
focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the
world's best networking company by solving customers' increased
demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves
as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased
network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber
security solutions that help protect their business.
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expected benefits of the combination, such as efficiencies, cost
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that could affect actual results include but are not limited
to: the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the
combination cannot be fully realized or may take longer to realize
than expected; the possibility that costs, difficulties or
disruptions related to the integration of Level 3's operations with
those of CenturyLink will be greater than expected; the ability of
the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; the effects
of competition from a wide variety of competitive providers,
including lower demand for CenturyLink's legacy offerings; the
effects of new, emerging or competing technologies, including those
that could make the combined company's products less desirable or
obsolete; the effects of ongoing changes in the regulation of the
communications industry, including the outcome of regulatory or
judicial proceedings relating to intercarrier compensation,
interconnection obligations, access charges, universal service,
broadband deployment, data protection and net neutrality; adverse
changes in the combined company's access to credit markets on
favorable terms, whether caused by changes in its financial
position, lower debt credit ratings, unstable markets or otherwise;
the combined company's ability to effectively adjust to changes in
the communications industry, and changes in the composition of its
markets and product mix; possible changes in the demand for, or
pricing of, the combined company's products and services, including
the combined company's ability to retain customers and effectively
respond to increased demand for high-speed broadband service;
changes in the operating plans, capital allocation plans or
corporate strategies of the combined company, whether based on
changes in market conditions, changes in the cash flows or
financial position of the combined company, or otherwise; the
combined company's ability to successfully maintain the quality and
profitability of its existing product and service offerings and to
introduce new offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis; the
adverse impact on the combined company's business and network from
possible equipment failures, service outages, security breaches or
similar events impacting its network; the combined company's
ability to maintain favorable relations with key business partners,
customers, suppliers, vendors, landlords and financial
institutions; the ability of the combined company to utilize net
operating losses in amounts projected; changes in the future cash
requirements of the combined company; and other risk factors and
cautionary statements as detailed from time to time in each of
CenturyLink's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"). You should be aware that new factors may
emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to identify
all such factors nor can we predict the impact of each such factor
on the combined company. You should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
of this communication. Unless legally required, CenturyLink
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obligation, to update publicly any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, changed
events or otherwise.
Media Contact:
Stephanie
Walkenshaw
+1
720-888-3084
stephanie.walkenshaw@centurylink.com
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