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Is an Organization's WAN the Weakest Link in its Data Protection Strategy?

Research from Telindus and Ciena shows that more than half of organizations could be vulnerable to data breaches and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) non-compliance risks. The question for organizations is whether their WAN security meets the required GDPR standards. If a company uses managed services to connect its locations and access cloud services, it needs a provider that takes WAN security seriously. And if that company manages its own connections, it must consider whether in-flight data is encrypted and secure as it travels the WAN.

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