CenturyLink
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2016)
Reporting Period: 2016
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Cybersecurity
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Shortage of cybersecurity skills (46% of surveyed organizations reported a problematic shortage)
- Point-tool fatigue leading to inefficient workflows and lack of integration among security technologies
- Need to balance increasing threat prevention efficacy with increasing operational efficiency
- Difficulty extracting full value from existing cybersecurity investments
Mitigation Strategies
- Offering managed security services (MSS) to address skills gaps and operational inefficiencies
- Providing a unified platform integrating disparate technologies for streamlined workflows
- Leveraging extensive telemetry across a broad set of customers to gather threat intelligence
- Offering flexible pricing models (including consumption-based models)