• Fiber optic tapping is easy and not readily detectible1

• Readily available microbending tap can tap fiber to 3rd party fiber via microbending

• Not readily detectable without sophisticated OTDR monitoring

• Encryption can help but adds latency and can be broken

• Hardened cables and conduits can deter tapping but adds costs

• Transmitting secure communications via a multicore fiber with other data (secure or unsecure) renders  tapped transmissions unusable