AFL

AFL is a telecommunication company that offers fiber optic cable, transmission and substation accessories to its clients. In practice that means assessing, monitoring and responding to security threats on your behalf.

Who is it for? Mostly companies without a full security team. Alongside the main category they mention Manufacturing, Network Security, Telecommunications, Web Hosting and Wired Telecommunications. As a large company team themselves (1,001 to 5,000 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. At that size expect formal onboarding, documentation and a longer sales cycle.

AFL is based in Duncan, South Carolina and founded in 1984. You can read more at aflglobal.com.

Our checklist for this category: response times, what is included in monitoring, and reporting. Get the renewal terms in writing before the first invoice.

If you have worked with AFL, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.