Verizon Opens Next-Gen CyberSecurity Center In Asia-Pacific Region

nycwired February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Cybersecurity, New York City Wired, Verion

New York-based Verizon Communications Inc., is expanding its cybersecurity capabilities around the globe. In an effort to fight cyber crime, Verizon Australia rolled out next-generation security capabilities at the company’s Asia-Pacific Advanced Security Operations Center in Canberra.

The newly-established Asia-Pacific Threat and Analytics Center, delivers real-time insights into cyber threats for both public and private sector customers. This facility complements Verizon’s nine existing Security Operations Centers (SOCs) across the world, which together analyze more than 60 billion security events annually.

Verizon uses these facilities to monitor its own expansive global communications network, and its own and externally provided threat intelligence using big data analytics, along with deep forensic experience. This is combined with added intelligence from over 200 open source data and multiple commercial feeds, gleaned from Verizon’s sharing relationships with law enforcement agencies and global Computer Emergency Response Teams around the globe.

“While the “good guys” have a better understanding of the impact a potential breach can have on their stakeholders, business continuity and corporate reputations, there is a constant need to remain a step ahead of the adversaries,” Robert Le Busque, Verizon’s regional managing director for Australia, New Zealand and India said in a statement. “Through this enhanced facility, our security experts will be able to collaborate more effectively with our public and private sector stakeholders to deliver more actionable insights. The increased sharing of intelligence is vital to safeguarding Australia’s physical and online assets.”