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CLOUD DIRECT CONNECTS: THE BEST BET FOR CYBER

SECURITY

If you are a member of corporate IT leadership, you’re likely already aware of the many
benefits associated with relocating your IT into one of the 4 primary public clouds:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or IBM
Cloud.

While the identity of the big public clouds is mostly common knowledge in IT circles, the
best way to connect to them isn’t as clear-cut.

There are basically two ways in which you can plug your network into your public cloud
provider of choice: the default method is to connect via the public internet; the second
method is to set up a direct connection via a private gateway using a provider's direct
connect onramp (AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Dedicated
Interconnect and IBM Cloud Direct Link).

In this article, we’ll explain:

- What a ‘direct connect' is and its benefits for your business
- Why a direct connect is better for cyber security
- Other cyber security considerations you will need to make
- How to get the entire direct connect process started

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