Scope and Application. The following terms and conditions and Verizon’s Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) located at www.verizonbusiness.com/terms (“Terms of Use”) apply to all visitors to or users of this site (the “Website”). By accessing or utilizing the Website, or any portion of the Website, you agree to these Terms of Use. Verizon reserves the right to change these Terms of Use from time to time at its sole discretion. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting. In the case of any violation of these Terms of Use, in addition to all other remedies, Verizon may terminate your use of this site with or without notice.

Appropriate Use, Responsibility of Users, Moderation, and Indemnity by Users. You may access the Website solely to read content on this Website posted by Verizon and to submit for posting permitted information and comments about cyber security-related topics for non-commercial purposes, subject to these Terms of Use. Other uses of the Website are not appropriate or permitted. Examples of posting or comment submissions that are not permitted include: defamatory or derogatory statements; copyrighted information without permission of the copyright owner; confidential or proprietary information without permission of the information owner; or information or comments that are unlawful. We reserve the right to refuse discussion, submissions, postings, or links on any topics, in our sole discretion. While you may link to content on this Website, no content on the Website may be otherwise reproduced or disseminated, in whole or in part, in any manner without the prior written consent of Verizon. All submissions submitted by you for posting on this Website in which you own the copyright shall become the sole and exclusive property of Verizon and, by your submission, you irrevocably assign any and all rights you may have in such submission to Verizon. All submissions submitted by you for posting on this Website in which another party owns the copyright shall be subject to a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, transferable (including rights to sublicense) right and license to exercise all copyright, publicity, and moral rights with respect to any content you provide, including the right of Verizon to reproduce, copy, store, publicly display, transmit, modify, remove HTML, translate, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell, create derivative works or otherwise distribute, including on this Website, such submissions and all portions thereof. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any content from this Website by you is strictly prohibited, and Verizon reserves all of its rights in Website content. With respect to Verizon-owned content, Verizon grants you a limited, revocable, personal and nontransferable license to view that content on the Website solely for non-commercial purposes, and Verizon reserves all rights and remedies it may have in connection with such content. Except as may otherwise be expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, you are not authorized to reproduce, copy, store, publicly display, transmit, modify, translate, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell, create derivative works or otherwise distribute any Verizon-owned content. The trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Website are the property of Verizon or third parties, and you may not use any trademarks, logos or service marks of Verizon or of third parties displayed on the Website without the prior written consent of Verizon or the owner, respectively.

This Website is available to the public. No information you consider confidential or proprietary should be submitted to this Website, and any information submitted by you to this Website shall be deemed by Verizon to be non-confidential and non-proprietary. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the content of all information you submit, link to, upload, transmit, or otherwise make available on the Website.

By submitting (including without limitation transmitting, uploading, or posting) any information or material to the Website, you represent, warrant, and covenant that: (i) such information or material is not confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to someone else and that you have the right to grant to Verizon the rights and licenses set forth in these Terms of Use; (ii) to the extent any such material or information is copyrighted by another party, that you have the necessary rights, licenses and consents to submit such information or material in accordance with the Terms of Use; and (iii) your transmission, posting, upload, or submission of the information or material does not violate any agreements, third party rights, including intellectual property rights, or copyright or other laws. You further agree not to submit advertisements or solicitations of business or make any other commercial use of this Website.

Verizon may review, edit or otherwise modify all submissions (including without limitation postings, links, and/or comments) before they are posted to the Website (collectively, “moderate”) and Verizon reserves the right to reject or remove comments, links, or postings for any reason, including but not limited to our belief that the comments violate these Terms of Use. All decisions on content posting, rejection and removal are entirely at the discretion of Verizon, and Verizon has no obligation to post or remove content. Any failure to remove content that violates these Terms of Use shall not be considered a waiver of Verizon’s rights. Because we may moderate postings, comments, and/or links, they may not appear immediately.

This Website may contain links to third party sites. Access to any other Internet site linked to this Website is at the user’s own risk, subject to terms of use for such other Internet sites, and Verizon is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made on these sites. Verizon provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement.

By accessing or using the Website, upon request by Verizon, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Verizon, its affiliates and their respective employees, contractors, officers, directors, and agents from all liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and litigation costs), claims, demands, actions, and lawsuits that arise from your violations of the Terms of Use or your submissions to, postings to, comments on, links to or from, use of, or misuse of this Website, whether or not Verizon assumes the defense or control of resolving any matter.

No Verizon Viewpoints. Some of the individuals posting to this Website, including the moderators, are Verizon employees. Comments or opinions expressed by Verizon employees on this Website are their personal views and not necessarily those of Verizon. The views expressed by outside contributors, including Verizon contractors, whether in comments or in material linked from the Website, do not represent the views of Verizon, its management or employees.

No Verizon Warranties and No Verizon Liability. THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY VERIZON ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES BY VERIZON OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY. VERIZON ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND VERIZON SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, ACTIONS, DEMANDS, OR LAWSUITS ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SUCH CONTENT WHETHER BASED ON TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE.

Changes and Termination. Verizon reserves the right, at any time, to modify and discontinue, either temporarily or permanently, the Website, Terms of Use and/or any part thereof, with or without notice. You acknowledge and agree that Verizon shall not be responsible or liable to you or to any third party as a result of modification or discontinuance of the Website or modification of the Terms of Use.

Notice of Copyright Claims. If you believe that any content posted to this Website violates your intellectual property rights, please provide notice to Verizon’s Copyright Agent as described in Verizon’s Copyright Policy, available at http://www22.verizon.com/copyright/.