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CenturyLink Extends Visibility Into Cyber Threat Landscape
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With a view to assist enterprises predict, protect and respond to evolving cyber threats, CenturyLink, Inc. has announced an expanded visibility into the global threat landscape.
Actionable threat intelligence has gained more importance in effective cybersecurity nowadays, as cybercrime continues to grow as a profitable shadow industry.
At present, CenturyLink monitors more than 114 billion NetFlow sessions and 1.3 billion security events per day, post integration of networks from its acquisition of Level 3 Communications. Additionally, the company is responding to and mitigating roughly 120 DDoS attacks per day and removing approximately 35 command and control (C2) networks per month. The enhancement allows customers to better anticipate and protect against threats.
Moreover, the acquisition of Level 3 Communications increased CenturyLink's network by 200,000 route miles of fiber including 64,000 route miles in 350 metropolitan areas and 33,000 subsea route miles connecting multiple continents.
The merged entity will be a force in the fiber-based metro-Ethernet and Internet market. It aims to offer customers a broader and more complementary range of services and solutions while enabling an advanced technology and growing bandwidth needs.
Management views that there is an explosion in global cybercrime whereby bad actors are motivated, organized and adaptable. Organizations need adequate threat intelligence with the scope and depth to take necessary steps. CenturyLink is focused on bringing improved operating efficiencies through a number of methods including network simplification and rationalization. This should help the company improve its end to end provisioning time and drive standardization.
CenturyLink is also investing in fiber-to-the-tower expansion and has expanded its fiber-based backhaul services. Moreover, the company expects its Managed Office and Managed Enterprise Solutions to continue gaining traction and drive revenue growth on the back of increasing demand from small and large businesses. The company’s broadband expansion goal will help it gain from the growing demand. It has managed to enhance broadband speed with continuous investment in network development.
Over the last three months, the stock has outperformed the industry with an average loss of 2.9% compared with a decline of 8.2% for the latter.
CenturyLink carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the industry are United States Cellular Corporation (USM - Free Report) , SITO Mobile, Ltd. and Orange S.A. (ORAN - Free Report) . While United States Cellular sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), SITO Mobile and Orange carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
United States Cellular has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 1%. It exceeded earnings estimates thrice in the trailing four quarters, with an average of 306.5%.
SITO Mobile has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 25%.
Orange has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 25.9%.
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CenturyLink Extends Visibility Into Cyber Threat Landscape
With a view to assist enterprises predict, protect and respond to evolving cyber threats, CenturyLink, Inc. has announced an expanded visibility into the global threat landscape.
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Actionable threat intelligence has gained more importance in effective cybersecurity nowadays, as cybercrime continues to grow as a profitable shadow industry.
At present, CenturyLink monitors more than 114 billion NetFlow sessions and 1.3 billion security events per day, post integration of networks from its acquisition of Level 3 Communications. Additionally, the company is responding to and mitigating roughly 120 DDoS attacks per day and removing approximately 35 command and control (C2) networks per month. The enhancement allows customers to better anticipate and protect against threats.
Moreover, the acquisition of Level 3 Communications increased CenturyLink's network by 200,000 route miles of fiber including 64,000 route miles in 350 metropolitan areas and 33,000 subsea route miles connecting multiple continents.
The merged entity will be a force in the fiber-based metro-Ethernet and Internet market. It aims to offer customers a broader and more complementary range of services and solutions while enabling an advanced technology and growing bandwidth needs.
Management views that there is an explosion in global cybercrime whereby bad actors are motivated, organized and adaptable. Organizations need adequate threat intelligence with the scope and depth to take necessary steps. CenturyLink is focused on bringing improved operating efficiencies through a number of methods including network simplification and rationalization. This should help the company improve its end to end provisioning time and drive standardization.
CenturyLink is also investing in fiber-to-the-tower expansion and has expanded its fiber-based backhaul services. Moreover, the company expects its Managed Office and Managed Enterprise Solutions to continue gaining traction and drive revenue growth on the back of increasing demand from small and large businesses. The company’s broadband expansion goal will help it gain from the growing demand. It has managed to enhance broadband speed with continuous investment in network development.
Over the last three months, the stock has outperformed the industry with an average loss of 2.9% compared with a decline of 8.2% for the latter.
CenturyLink carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the industry are United States Cellular Corporation (USM - Free Report) , SITO Mobile, Ltd. and Orange S.A. (ORAN - Free Report) . While United States Cellular sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), SITO Mobile and Orange carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
United States Cellular has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 1%. It exceeded earnings estimates thrice in the trailing four quarters, with an average of 306.5%.
SITO Mobile has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 25%.
Orange has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 25.9%.
Wall Street’s Next Amazon
Zacks EVP Kevin Matras believes this familiar stock has only just begun its climb to become one of the greatest investments of all time. It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in pure genius.
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