Additional Regional Scrubbing Centers Enhance Customer
Capabilities to Protect Their Networks
BROOMFIELD, Colorado,
Jan. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Multinational companies located in the Asia-Pacific region now have access to
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation solutions from
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT). The new scrubbing
centers in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore signify an expansion of the
company's security service functionality. Level 3's security
solutions provide layers of defense through enhanced network
routing, rate limiting and filtering that can be paired with
cloud-based scrubbing for a more comprehensive mitigation solution.
The Asia-Pacific region is key for
both Asian and multinational enterprises which demand global
security services — making Level 3's cybersecurity solutions and
global presence essential.
Explore the Numbers Behind the Asia Pacific
Threat
Landscape
http://news.level3.com/apacthreatlandscape
APAC Threat Landscape:
- Australia, China and Hong
Kong are listed among the most vulnerable to cyberattacks,
according to a report by Project Sonar.
- IoT-compromising malware research by Level 3 Threat Research
Labs reveals many connected devices are being compromised and
enabling attacks reaching in excess of 600 Gbps.
Key Facts:
- Level 3 opened the additional scrubbing centers to provide
customers with infrastructure in the region to quickly mitigate
attacks with less disruption to business operations.
- Level 3's DDoS ingest capacity, 4.5 terabits per second,
provides a high capacity to ingest massive attacks so customers can
get back to business as usual.
- The service is carrier agnostic and pulls all customer traffic
into Level 3's globally located scrubbing centers for cleansing
before forwarding legitimate traffic through a private connection
or the public internet.
- Level 3 now has 11 scrubbing centers on four continents. Other
locations include São Paulo, Frankfurt, London, Chicago, Dallas, Los
Angeles, New York and
Washington, D.C.
- 24/7 Security Operations Centers detect anomalies in global
NetFlow sessions, perform impact analyses, notify customers of
threatening conditions and then help them mitigate the issue.
- Level 3's customers benefit from its global threat research,
intelligence and mitigation actions, helping to create a safer
internet ecosystem.
Level 3 in APAC
- Level 3 began operating in Asia
Pacific in 2004.
- Level 3 has 14 on-net markets throughout Asia Pacific with service reach to more than
50 markets in the region.
- Level 3 offers its customers in the region Virtual Private
Networks (VPN), Direct Internet Access, Ethernet Virtual Private
Line, managed services, unified communications, content delivery
networks (CDN) and security solutions.
Key Quotes:
Anthony Christie, Chief
Marketing Officer, Level 3
"Our customers need an adaptive
approach to tackling today's threat environment. The disciplined
approach we've taken to monitoring the threat landscape to protect
our network has put us in a unique position to work with our
customers in Asia Pacific to
identify and mitigate cybersecurity threats. Our expansive view of
threats coupled with our full suite of enterprise networking
services supports companies of all sizes located anywhere on the
globe."
Additional Resources:
- Learn how to Thwart a DDoS Attack
- Read more about the product: Level 3 DDoS Mitigation Product
Brochure
- Uncover additional threat stats for the region: Safeguarding
the Internet, Level 3 Botnet Research Report
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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