Cloud computing

Abstract

With the advent of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), new operational concepts and doctrines are evolving. Various modern technologies more specifically, technologies related to cyber and space domains are making a significant impact, and states are preparing themselves to fight in digitized battlefield environments. Various developments in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) are found impacting the warfighting strategies of the nation states. As evident from few other chapters in this section as well that cyberspace is a complex, rapidly changing, increasingly interconnected real-time technological domain. Furthermore, progressions in ICT have a direct and indirect impact on various security architectures as well. Security agencies are embracing several new technological additions (both hardware and software). This chapter discusses one such addition to the field of computing—cloud computing—and its impact on the overall security architecture.