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John AyersSenior Director, Managed Security Services

December 16, 2014

Problem withThe Internet of Things?

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Who Is Level 3?

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WLAN

Mobility

Cloud

Voice & Video

Big Data

Hactivist

Nation State

Cybercriminal

Changing Business Models Evolving Threat Landscape Complexity and Fragmentation

The security problem of today’s global environment


Changing Business Models- Extends Security Exposure


Consequences of the IT Sprawl: Attack Landscape Has Grown

http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/infographic-70-

percent-of-worlds-critical-utilities-breached/a/d-id/1298006http://www.prolexic.com/knowledge-center-ddos-attack-report-2014-q2-botnets-infographic.html

Gov’t Regulations

http://vmblog.com/archive/2014/06/20/infographic-

mobile-at-work-what-you-don-t-know-can-hurt-

you.aspx#.VIdexjHF-uM

Broader Exposure Footprint

Certain Uncertainty in Data Location and Protection

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Evolving Threat Landscape-Attackers are creative and smart

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Attacker

Sop

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Motivation Targets

In May, the U.S. Justice Department indicted 5 Chinese military officers on charges of hacking into the computer networks of U.S. companies and stealing commercial secrets. It linked all of them to PLA Unit 61398 in Shanghai.

• Political Statement• Protest

• Military Actions• Industrial Advantage

• $$$$$$• Extortion• Commercial Ransom

• Sell Trade Secrets• Disgruntled Employee

In a manifesto announcing its DDoS operation, Anonymous railed against Sony for going after coders who seek to modify hardware that they own.

Hackers found vulnerabilities in a popular retailer’s network through remotely controlled HVAC systems and were able to access payments system data of over 40 Million credit cards.

Matthew Keys used his access as a former employee of the Tribune Co. to help a hacker deface the website of the Los Angeles Times in 2010.

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Source: Analysis of the North American Managed Security Services Market, July 2014.


Complexity and Fragmentation

Public Internet

VPN

Mobile

Workers

Mobile

Connectivity

Email and Web

Traffic

Web Properties

Headquarters

Singapore

Branch Office

Mumbai

Branch Office

Cloud Deployments-

Amazon Web Services,

Google, MS Azure

Partner, Contractor Access-

Environmental Controls, POS,

CRM

Remote Offices

Third Party Datacenters

Applications

Mobile

PhoneSmart

Watch

Tablet

Appliances

Security

Systems Google TV

Apple TV

Netflix

Gaming Systems

Lights

Entertainment

Engine

computer

Wi-Fi

GPS

Bluetooth

Google

Glass

Vendor

Supply

Chain

Computer

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Internet of Things : What does it mean?

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Defining Internet of Things (IOT): An infrastructure of interconnected objects, people, systems, and information resources together with intelligent services to allow them to process information of the physical and the virtual world and react.

Source: International Standard Organization, SWG IOT, August 2014

The Internet is changing the way we work, socialize, create and share

information… Yet the magnitude of this transformation is still unknown

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Internet of Things: the Scary Side

Source: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net

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Internet of Things Growing At Double-Digit Rates

Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2014

By end 2014, the number of Internet users globally will have reached almost 3 billion .

Two-thirds of the world’s Internet users are from the developing world.

More than 90 percent of the people who are not yet using the Internetare from the developing world.

90%

This corresponds to an Internet-user penetration of 40% globally


Why Level 3 Security?

• We believe it’s our responsibility to secure – and protect – the network

and facilities our customers use to move their critical business

information.

• In today’s threat environment, all enterprises must deploy a multi-

layered security approach to guard against sophisticated attacks.

• Enterprises do not have to face increasing cyber threats alone. They can

rely on Level 3 to create effective security strategies, integrating

solutions backed by threat intelligence and diligent, around-the-clock

monitoring by experts in our Security Operations center.

• This approach simplifies threat management. Companies can maintain

control while taking advantage of our depth of expertise in managed

security solutions, monitoring, reporting and mitigation.

Our

Responsibility

Guard our

Network

Support our

Customers

Simplify

Challenges


Level 3 Global Technology

Network Systems Security

Process

4 petabytes of storage 3600 servers

Multiple data centers in 3 regions

Many applications

866 million IP addresses analyzed monthly

550 million detected events per day

85 terabytes of security event data a day

Global task level processes across 9 functional domains

260 petabytes of storage20,000 servers

200,000+ route miles25,000 locations

110,000 network elements

Products and Services

Data Voice VideoCloud and IT

ServicesManaged and

Professional ServicesSecurity

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Tips for Navigating Internet of Things

• DDoS protection is more than a insurance policy. Disruption by denial-of-service attacks have detrimental consequences for enterprise and financial firms leveraging IoTservices.

• Understand the what and how. Any product offered involving IoT devices must be designed with security in mind. Incorporate security controls, leveraging a pre-built role-based security model.

• Your data is an asset -- understand its value, location, and movement.

• Management: IoT management is the big challenge for enterprises in an IoTenvironment form how to quickly patch IoT device vulnerabilities -- and how to prioritize vulnerability.

• Identifying, implementing security controls . This is a challenge with emerging Internet-connected devices. Some security functions must be done in partnership with your service providers.

• New data, new opportunity, new risk. Wi-Fi-enabled devices connected to the Internet bring a flood of data for enterprises to collect, aggregate, process and analyze. New data means new business opportunities for Enterprises, but also means new risks.

• Mitigation will equal money. Enterprises must be able to identify legitimate traffic vs malicious traffic patterns on IoT devices. It is critical to have actionable threat intelligence measures in place to detect threats and mitigate them before they impact consumer experience, data or worse.

Prepare a DDoS Attack Defense

Understand Data Movement

Maintain Consumer Confidence


Summary

• The threat landscape is evolving rapidly due to nation-state, organized crime, and cyber terrorism

• Organizations must assume the “new normal” -- at least some parts of their networks have been compromised

• Your data is an asset -- understand its value, location, and movement

• Establishing and adhering to a governance framework is critical

• Perform regular security evaluations, risk assessments, and awareness training for employees

• Determine core competencies, perform functions that you do well, outsource others to trusted, skilled firms

• Some security functions must be done in partnership with your service provider(s)

• Information sharing partnerships are essential

• Technology-based controls are important, but are not a cyber security panacea

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