CenturyLink, ThreatConnect Partner on Managed Security

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PRESS RELEASE — ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Expanding its managed security services provider (MSSP) program, ThreatConnect, Inc.©, provider of the industry’s only extensible, intelligence-driven security platform, has partnered with CenturyLink, a global communications and IT services company. CenturyLink’s managed security services will now leverage the ThreatConnect Platform powered by SAP HANA.

ThreatConnect’s platform equips organizations to identify their most relevant threats, proactively protect their organizations, and quickly respond to incidents in a measurable way. The ThreatConnect MSSP Program helps firms like CenturyLink and their clients establish or integrate ThreatConnect into new or existing threat management and security operations functions to provide better detection, protection, and remediation services using threat intelligence.

Partnering with ThreatConnect enables CenturyLink to more easily aggregate and act on threat intelligence in managed security services by leveraging ThreatConnect’s platform. CenturyLink provides advanced threat services – including security log monitoring (SLM) with trending and threat analysis as well as incident management and response services – which help customers proactively identify, block and remediate threats in their environments. CenturyLink also delivers a broad range of IT security solutions, consulting and network services.{ad}

ThreatConnect CEO Adam Vincent commented, “With the addition of CenturyLink, our MSSP program is expanding in the right direction. By providing automation, orchestration, and threat intelligence on a single platform, our MSSP program is a force multiplier that organizations like CenturyLink can leverage to offer threat detection and response, customized processes or any of a number of premium services to clients.”

CenturyLink Vice President of IT Security Services Tim Kelleher commented, “With the help of ThreatConnect’s security orchestration capabilities, we are able to seamlessly integrate numerous threat intelligence feeds from multiple commercial and proprietary sources into CenturyLink’s robust and comprehensive MSS platform. This creates operational efficiency and delivers greater insight for faster, more informed decision-making, and it is further validation of CenturyLink’s commitment to help customers improve their cybersecurity posture.”

The ThreatConnect Platform powered by SAP HANA processes transactions and analytics at the speed of the adversary – to close the gap between time of compromise and time of detection.

About ThreatConnect
ThreatConnect® arms organizations with a powerful defense against cyber threats and the confidence to make strategic business decisions. Built on the industry’s only intelligence-driven, extensible security platform, ThreatConnect provides a suite of products designed to meet the threat intelligence aggregation, analysis and automation needs of security teams at any maturity level. More than 1,600 companies and agencies worldwide deploy the ThreatConnect platform to fully integrate their security technologies, teams, and processes with relevant threat intelligence resulting in reduced detection to response time and enhanced asset protection. To register for a free ThreatConnect account or learn more, visit: www.threatconnect.com.

About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications and IT services company focused on connecting its customers to the power of the digital world. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, big data analytics, managed security services, hosting, cloud, and IT consulting services. The company provides broadband, voice, video, advanced data and managed network services over a robust 265,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 360,000-route-mile international transport network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.