Comparison Overview

Level 3 Communications

VS

DISH Network

Level 3 Communications

1025 Eldorado Blvd, None, Broomfield, Colorado, US, 80021
Last Update: 2025-11-25
Between 750 and 799

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.

NAICS: 517
NAICS Definition: Telecommunications
Employees: 6,794
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

DISH Network

9601 S. Meridian Blvd, Englewood, CO, 80112, US
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 550 and 599

Our adventure began by changing the way people watched TV, bringing DISH to where big cable wouldn’t: rural America. Since then, we have reinvented ourselves and our own industry with Sling TV to give millions of consumers more choice in entertainment. Today, we’ve officially entered the consumer wireless industry as the fourth largest wireless provider with our acquisitions of Boost Mobile, Ting Mobile and Gen Mobile — but that’s just the start. We’re building America’s first cloud-native 5G network to transform the way we live, work and play with unlimited possibilities.

NAICS: 517
NAICS Definition: Telecommunications
Employees: 23,216
Subsidiaries: 8
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Level 3 Communications
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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DISH Network
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Level 3 Communications
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
DISH Network
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Telecommunications Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Level 3 Communications in 2025.

Incidents vs Telecommunications Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for DISH Network in 2025.

Incident History — Level 3 Communications (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Level 3 Communications cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — DISH Network (X = Date, Y = Severity)

DISH Network cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Level 3 Communications
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2020
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Password Guessing Attack
Blog: Blog
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DISH Network
Incidents

Date Detected: 05/2023
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Compromised Windows domain controllers
Motivation: Ransom
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized extraction of data
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Level 3 Communications company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to DISH Network company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

DISH Network company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Level 3 Communications company.

In the current year, DISH Network company and Level 3 Communications company have not reported any cyber incidents.

DISH Network company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Level 3 Communications company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both DISH Network company and Level 3 Communications company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

DISH Network company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Level 3 Communications company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Level 3 Communications company nor DISH Network company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

DISH Network company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Level 3 Communications company.

DISH Network company employs more people globally than Level 3 Communications company, reflecting its scale as a Telecommunications.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Level 3 Communications nor DISH Network holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H