AWS Direct Connect cloud service is the shortest path to your AWS resources, you can achieve private network connectivity between the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and your own environment. While in transit, your network traffic remains on the AWS global network and never touches the public internet. This reduces the chance of hitting bottlenecks, prevent significant security risks from the public internet and different network bottlenecks or unexpected increases in latency, so you can build and utilize highly efficient and safer environment.