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Windstream Unit's SD-WAN Meets PCI DSS Compliance Standards

Zacks Equity Research
Updated

Windstream Holdings, Inc.’s WIN business segment, Windstream Enterprise, recently announced that its software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) service has conformed to the standards for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Version 3.2 Compliance. This was awarded by an independent, third-party Qualified Security Assessor in the form of Windstream’s Annual Report on Compliance.

A wide range of cyber threats have been reported in the recent past with many organizations being affected by data breaches. Cyber risk has rapidly evolved from being a peripheral area of concern into a critical business issue. These can have serious consequences from a legal, regulatory and financial perspective.

Effectively managing cyber risk is now fundamental to the continued operation of almost every business as this could significantly affect a company’s share price apart from leading to reputational damage. Therefore, data security has become a growing concern for all enterprises.

Windstream Enterprise’s SD-WAN supports optimized application performance and connectivity across the entire organization. The solution has been proven to meet stringent security standards. Validating PCI compliance is an annual requirement for all organizations that process credit card payments. With this solution, customers can leverage the SD-WAN Attestation of Compliance as part of their audit.

Along with its SD-WAN Concierge service, Windstream Enterprise offers OfficeSuite UC and contact center services, Cloud Connect and Wi-Fi solutions. OfficeSuite UC with SD-WAN combines the security of the OfficeSuite integrated Unified Communications as a Service application suite with the superior performance and reliability of SD-WAN Concierge to help organizations of any size or type achieve competitive advantage.

Windstream Holdings is realigning its wireless network toward a software-centric model to meet increasing business demands and customer needs. The company is transforming its product portfolio and network to improve customer experience. To that end, it has made significant investment to upgrade its network and product portfolio.

However, shares of the company have underperformed the industry in the past three months. The stock has lost 27.5% against the industry’s growth of 10.6% in the period. It remains to be seen how this accreditation will help the shares of the company.



Windstream currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Other top-ranked stocks in the industry include United States Cellular Corporation USM, AT&T Inc. T and Telenav, Inc. TNAV. While United States Cellular sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), AT&T and Telenav carry a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

United States Cellular has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 1%. It surpassed earnings estimates thrice in the trailing four quarters with an average positive surprise of 303.6%.      

AT&T has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 3.6%. It surpassed earnings estimates twice in the trailing four quarters with an average positive surprise of 5.9%.     

Telenav beat earnings estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 3.7%.

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