DENVER, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of a
recently commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study that
Forrester Consulting conducted on behalf of CenturyLink show
significant financial benefits for companies that use CenturyLink's
network-based DDoS mitigation service.
The purpose of the "TEI™ of CenturyLink DDoS Mitigation Service"
study was to examine the potential return on investment (ROI)
enterprises may realize by deploying the service. Results of the
study include:
- ROI of 222% over three years, and recovery of initial
investment in less than six months.
- Total present-value benefit of $1.6
million over three years.
- Seventy-five percent reduction in mean time to detect (MTTD)
and mean time to resolve (MTTR).
- Twenty percent decrease in suspicious activity, and 25%
decrease in attempted intrusions on average.
- Near elimination of outages due to DDoS attacks, and
decommissioning of legacy DDoS products, which combine for up to
$0.4 million in benefit.
The study also revealed that customers who use CenturyLink to
prevent DDoS attacks avoid a litany of other costs – including
legal fees, public relations activities, end-customer support
services, end-customer credits, and regulatory compliance
costs – which can often be many multiples of the actual lost
revenue.
"CenturyLink is in a unique position to use our network as the
first layer of defense because we own and operate one of the
largest IP backbones on the planet," said Christopher Smith, CenturyLink's vice president
of global security services. "We deploy 85+ Tbps of BGP
FlowSpec-initiated mitigation defenses to drop bad traffic at the
network edge, and then our sophisticated, multi-terabit scrubbing
infrastructure remediates even the most advanced attacks. This
preemptive protection stops attacks before they happen and delivers
more clean traffic to our customers' doors. This, in turn, helps
relieve some of the pressure their teams feel to quickly detect and
respond to malicious activity."
According to Forrester's 2019 Global Security Survey, DDoS
attacks accounted for 24% of all external security attacks in
2019. Because much of CenturyLink's DDoS mitigation service is
automated, most of the cost savings that customers experience – up
to $1.2 million – comes from the
ability to optimize their network security teams to focus on other
priorities. This helps break the "resource vortex" that many
companies experience when their highly skilled security analysts
spend hours detecting and resolving threats rather than focusing on
developing new security strategies against future threats.
Forrester provides insights into the cybersecurity staffing
shortage1: "A cybersecurity staffing shortage is
the industry's accepted truth…. Projections indicate a shortfall of
at least 2.2 million candidates…. Security automation and
orchestration (SAO) solutions orchestrate security processes and
automate activities, allowing teams to work faster and more
accurately."
For more information about CenturyLink's network-based DDoS
mitigation service or other security solutions, visit
https://www.centurylink.com/business/security.html.
Additional Resources:
- Forrester Study: TEI™ of
CenturyLink DDoS Mitigation Service
- Breaking the Resource Vortex: A Case for Rapid Threat Detection
and Response
The TEI™ of CenturyLink DDoS Mitigation
Service is a third-party source of information. As
such, we have not independently verified the data set forth
therein, cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness. and
disclaim any liability regarding same.
About CenturyLink:
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a
technology leader delivering hybrid networking, cloud connectivity,
and security solutions to customers around the world. Through its
extensive global fiber network, CenturyLink provides secure and
reliable services to meet the growing digital demands of businesses
and consumers. CenturyLink strives to be the trusted connection to
the networked world and is focused on delivering technology that
enhances the customer experience. Learn more
at https://news.centurylink.com/.
Citations:
1 "Reverse Cybersecurity's
Self-Inflicted Staffing Shortage," Forrester, Jeff Pollard, et al, July
18, 2019
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