Where your logs and AI actually run
Security tools collect some of your most sensitive data: logs, user activity and vulnerability details. If a tool sends that data to a vendor cloud, it may leave the country or the network you thought it stayed in.
Ask where data is processed and stored, which outbound connections the product needs, whether AI features call external services, and what happens to telemetry if you switch them off.
Data protection rules and national frameworks in the region increasingly address data location, so make the decision deliberately. Put the answers in writing and check them during acceptance testing.
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