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The military has been embracing Information Technology in mass, and with it comes the threat of data being stolen or being spied. This can be avoided by cybersecurity, which is designed to protect network, devices and data from unauthorized access or any kind of attack.
Cybersecurity has developed to an extent which can help the military be offensive in battlefields and defensive during peacetime. Only in the past few years, the depth of cybersecurity threats has been recognized, which has led to cyber warfare pushing military and civilian both to adopt cybersecurity.
Various regulations, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACA) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), have underlined different guidelines and security features which should be followed by all organizations to minimize cyber threats.
Cybersecurity is provided in different forms for specific purposes. Some of which are listed below-
Cybersecurity threats are not confined to a particular area. It can be identity theft based, cloud-based, data security-based and many more, and that’s why the market is based upon the type of solution provided by different companies. Few are listed below-
NORTH AMERICA
Five of the U.S. defence contractors have been listed among the top 25 companies in the world providing cybersecurity. Last year, in 2019, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) launched a new directorate which will look after the efforts to counter cybersecurity threats towards national security systems and defence industrial base.
U.S. military is continuously eyeing towards advanced cybersecurity to counter and strike any cyber-attacks to their defense system.
US Army to develop “Covert and Secure” wireless devices. The U.S. Army researchers have been awarded a patent for inventing a practical method for Army wireless devices, such as radios, to covertly authenticate and communicate.
EUROPE
Since Russia’s annexation in Ukraine, NATO and the European Union are evolving together to either prevent or respond to any kind of unconventional tactics. Russia has been showcasing its electronic warfare capabilities in Syria and cyberattack campaigns in Latvia, Estonia and other places which have prompted the U.S. and European Union for advanced cybersecurity technologies to counter these cyberattacks.
ASIA PACIFIC
China has progressively increased its capabilities in cyber espionage and offensive operations which is seen as a new threat in the Asia Pacific by many experts. U.S. and China have been in cyberwar for a long time now, which was thought to be over after both country’s Presidents took oath in 2015 to cease any cyber espionage. The thirst for information and sensitive data is far from over, and most of the countries are investing billions in their cybersecurity.
Railway’s cybersecurity market in the Asia Pacific has also been booming in recent years.
MIDDLE EAST
Longstanding regional conflicts in the middle east have led to cyber aggression. Countries in the middle east have been exploiting other country’s weak infrastructures for different kinds of cyber espionage. Governments have been advised by many experts to implement policies against such attacks to decrease cybercrimes frequencies in the region.
Iran has been advancing towards military supremacy and cybersecurity in the region.
March 2021- More than 125 companies including Accenture, At&T Corp and BAE system were awarded indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contracts under the Solutions for Information Technology Enterprise (SITE III) contract vehicle worth $12.6B.
Jan 2021- Elbit Systems has won a contract worth nearly $24 million contract from the Dutch Ministry of Defence to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with new vehicular tactical computers.
Nov 2020- General Dynamics wins $4.4B Department of Defense Enterprise office Solution (DEOS) cloud contract.
Oct 2020- General Dynamics awarded $761M for U.S. Southern Command Cyber Modernization.
Oct 2020- General Dynamics awarded $100M Defense Intelligence Agency Enterprise IT system modernization contract.
Sept 2020- Airbus to support Finland’s Situational Awareness, Cyber Security Systems under a signed contract.
Sept 2020- Pentagon reaffirms $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud award to Microsoft.
Lockheed Martin, Google in DARPA team for automatic identification of falsified media. An algorithm will be developed which will help analyst understand the “what”, “who”, “why” and “how” behind any kind of manipulations done by media.
India’s DRDO demos Quantum Communication Technology (QCT), in which Quantum key Distribution (QKD) scheme was performed using time-bin under realistic condition.
BAE systems launches GXP Fusion application to increase situational awareness. It leverages multiple intelligence sources to develop a single picture, simplifying complex data challenges for the modern analyst.
BAE systems rolls out Fox Shield Cyber Resilience System. Fox Shield suite is designed to help platforms detect, respond, and recover from cyber-attacks in real time.
Booz Allen launches SnapAttack Cloud-Based Purple Teaming Platform, that brings together actionable threat intelligence and hacker detection.
Raytheon launches Virtualized Testing Solution to assess cyber vulnerabilities. It will evaluate and reduce cyber threats against mission-critical systems in a modern networked space.
Pentagon reaffirms $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud award to Microsoft. The contract will provide enterprise level, commercial Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to support U.S. DoD business and mission operations.