The Launch of Next-generation Enterprise Security Gateway Helps
Enterprises Reduce IT Complexity, Streamline Costs and Improve
Performance
BROOMFIELD, Colorado,
May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Today, Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) launches
Enterprise Security Gateway (ESG), a cloud-based network security
solution that reduces the cost and complexity of security without
sacrificing performance.
Photo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160512/370779-INFO
As enterprises strive to grow their business, security is a top
concern. They need a simplified approach. Cloud applications,
mobile employees and BYOD policies have forced enterprises to
change their approach to defending the perimeter. If you add to
this the complex legacy security architectures in place, ballooning
security budgets, the tumultuous threat environment and a shortage
of qualified security professionals in the industry, enterprises
are facing a true challenge. These factors drove Level 3 to build
ESG, a secure, efficient solution that leverages Level 3's global
fiber footprint, network capacity and comprehensive next-generation
security services in its cloud-based gateways. ESG is available
globally starting June 30.
Use Case: Redefining the Security Perimeter
- With ESG, customers can move the security perimeter from their
enterprise or data center to the Level 3 network, simplifying their
security infrastructure and realizing operational efficiencies and
cost savings.
- For example, without ESG, a customer who purchases an
on-premise firewall will typically purchase two boxes for each
location for redundancy. Along with the initial hardware purchase,
the enterprise also will need to pay for maintenance and personnel
to manage the box. For an enterprise with multiple locations, these
costs add up.
- ESG breaks the hardware dependency cycle by moving security to
the network. No matter where an employee or office is located,
traffic is routed to one of Level 3's globally dispersed gateways,
where a collection of security services can be accessed.
Competitive Differences:
- ESG uses Level 3's network to provide carrier agnostic,
network-based security protection – data on any device at any
location through any connection or carrier can be secure.
- From anywhere in the world, customers can leverage Level 3's
global IP backbone capacity, more than 42 Terabits per second
(Tbps), and rich interconnection agreements to access security
tools hosted in gateways.
- ESG offers multiple carrier-class security services for
customers, including anti-malware with sandboxing, data loss
protection, application awareness and enforcement and
next-generation firewall
- ESG is backed by Level 3's threat research, providing
actionable intelligence for customers.
- Customers select the individual security controls within the
gateways they need.
- ESG leverages its cloud-based architecture to "future-proof"
customer security environments by breaking the hardware dependency
cycle.
Key Benefits:
- Single Viewpoint: Through Level 3's customer portal, users can
view their entire ESG ecosystem, enabling access to a multitude of
reports and gateway performance metrics.
- Rein in Cost: Security spending has ballooned to 21 percent of
IT budgets across most industry sectors, more than doubling over
the past two years, according to a March
2016 Forrester report. ESG is an adaptive solution
enterprises can use to offset costs and reduce capital
investments.
- Uniform Global Security Policy: A network-based security
solution is the key to:
- Simplified management of firewalls and security controls
- Around-the-clock protection; customers have access to Level 3's
24/7 Security Operations Centers and professionals
- Decreasing operational complexity to make the most of lean
security teams
- Establishing a flexible environment to enable users to add new
controls on demand
- Scalable deployment of security solutions around the globe
- The solution offers add-on professional services to help
companies assess vulnerabilities, prioritize which technologies are
needed to address their most serious risks and assist customers
with their migration from premise firewall to the cloud.
Key Quotes:
Frank Dickson, Security
Analyst, Frost & Sullivan
"ESG is part of a macro trend within security, moving from a
product focus to a solution focus. ESG leverages Level 3's
extensive telecom infrastructure to address the key network
security pain points of enterprises today: escalating security
costs, complex security ecosystems and a scarcity of trained
security professionals. By redefining the security perimeter,
customers have the ability to apply and leverage an integrated
collection of security tools and professionals within the Level 3
network, removing the need for constant on-premise hardware updates
while controlling IT budgets. The future is in the cloud; ESG
provides a solution for enterprises to strategically leverage the
cloud to simplify their security architecture while improving
efficacy in the process."
Anthony Christie, Chief
Marketing Officer, Level 3
"With today's global launch of Enterprise Security Gateway
(ESG), Level 3 continues to enhance our network-based enterprise
security solutions portfolio. With ESG, enterprises can
fundamentally shift their security perimeter to the Level 3 network
cloud where customers can then access a state of the art collection
of security solutions, tools and technical expertise. ESG
reinforces Level 3's commitment to our customers where everything
we do is intended to allow them to grow their business faster,
operate their networks more efficiently and to do both in a secure
fashion."
Additional Resources:
- Product Brochure
- Infographic: Security as a Service
- Video: Why Enterprise Security Gateway? Chris Richter addresses the challenges facing
enterprises today, and what Level 3 decided to do about it.
- Video: Network-based Security Overview
- Video: Strategies for the Evolving Threat Landscape
- Video: Accelerating Business Through the Cloud
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.
© Level 3 Communications, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Level 3,
Level 3 Communications, Level (3) and the Level 3 Logo are either
registered service marks or service marks of Level 3
Communications, LLC and/or one of its Affiliates in the United States and elsewhere. Any other
service names, product names, company names or logos included
herein are the trademarks or service marks of their respective
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.
Contact
Information
|
|
|
|
Media:
|
Investors:
|
Ashley
Pritchard
|
Mark
Stoutenberg
|
+1
720-888-5950
|
+1
720-888-2518
|
ashley.pritchard@level3.com
|
mark.stoutenberg@level3.com
|
Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prn/20140908/144115
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/level-3-takes-security-to-the-network-and-leverages-the-cloud-to-defend-customers-300273201.html