"NATO is in an existential race to develop sovereign cloud based technologies to underpin its mission, the alliance's Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute last week. Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe said the Ukraine war has highlighted the impact of technology on the battlefield, from drones to AI for targeting. Likewise, it shows the need for a coherent, secure approach to data and similarly coherent and secure cloud platforms to store and process it."
""Modern conflict no longer rewards the side with the most data," Ellermann-Kingombe declared. "It rewards the side with the ability to connect it, understand it and act on it first." This means that cloud adoption is more than just a technical issue for "specialists in white rooms." Rather, it is a strategic and operational imperative that underpins "the credibility of our collective defense.""
""The threat picture we face is grave," he said. China and Russia are harnessing AI and machine learning, and "exploring quantum computing and autonomous systems powered by cloud architectures that evolve every day." This means the alliance's own digital transformation needs a clear sense of urgency. "That means building a modernized digital backbone to enhance intelligence sharing, accelerate decision making and strengthen operational readiness across all 32 allies.""
NATO faces an existential race to develop sovereign cloud-based technologies to underpin its mission. The Ukraine war has highlighted technology's impact on the battlefield, from drones to AI-enabled targeting, and the need for coherent, secure data practices and cloud platforms to store and process data. Modern conflict rewards the side that can connect, understand and act on data first. Cloud adoption is a strategic and operational imperative that underpins the credibility of collective defense. Speed in cloud deployment is existential as adversaries harness AI, machine learning, quantum computing and autonomous systems. NATO's digital transformation requires a modernized digital backbone to accelerate decision-making, intelligence sharing and operational readiness across all allies.
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