Learn More About the Highs and Lows of a Secure Environment

This paper explains why data diodes are essential for creating completely secure network connections that absolutely prevent data from leaving (or, in other cases, from entering) high-security installations. Both fiber and copper network Taps are shown to be perfect data diodes, as are other Net Optics devices for monitoring traffic access and control. Switch Span ports, on the other hand, are not data diodes and cannot be used for traffic access in high-security installations.