As
new technologies emerge and data continues to grow, CenturyLink, Inc. is taking a bold approach to protecting network traffic and blocking security
threats with the launch of CenturyLink Rapid Threat Defense.
"We have simplified how enterprises
secure their networks with the creation of an automated software-based capability that identifies and stops
malicious traffic before it puts our customers at risk," said Chris Smith,
CenturyLink vice president of Global Security Services. "Rapid Threat Defense
is the seamless integration between security and the network to protect
applications and data by disrupting the security threats that we face today, and
more importantly, those we will face tomorrow."
This
network-based threat detection and response capability is powered by threat
research developed by CenturyLink's Black Lotus Labs, one of the world's most
advanced threat research units, to offer unique advantages:
- Customer-controlled: With Rapid Threat Defense, customers
set policies based on threat criteria they specify, allowing for actions such
as automatically blocking a malicious IP address at the firewall or blocking a
malicious domain through DNS (Domain Naming Services) - even blacklisting a
malicious domain altogether.
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Reduced Workload: Rapid Threat Defense eliminates the "resource vortex" by reducing the workload
imposed on security incident responders and analysts to detect and respond to
daily threats.
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Seamless: Rapid Threat Defense offers a seamless security
experience for customers struggling to integrate disparate security systems.
CenturyLink Rapid Threat Defense helps enterprises automate
threat detection and response by deploying defensive actions based on Black
Lotus Labs threat intelligence. Rapid Threat Defense is available via Adaptive Threat Intelligence and Adaptive Network Security -
CenturyLink's cloud-delivered firewall platform - upon its launch. Rapid
Threat Defense will be integrated with Managed Premises Firewalls and Secure
SD-WAN later in 2020.
"Seeing and mitigating credible threats before they become a
problem is a huge advantage in a market with such a flood of potential attack
alerts clouding our systems," said Martha Vazquez, IDC senior research analyst,
Worldwide Security Services. "Forward-thinking managed security service
providers are moving from a reactive to a proactive posture by investing in the
automation of their processes to enable timely mitigation."
Key Facts
- CenturyLink tracks 3.6 million threats per day for a
comprehensive understanding of the global threat landscape.
- CenturyLink feeds over 139 billion NetFlow sessions into
our machine learning models daily to better identify malicious traffic.
- Companies using third-party services
to integrate essential network security technologies report shorter response
times-up to 49%-to remediate threats.
- CenturyLink is the second largest U.S. communications
provider to global enterprise customers.