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Nation States and Cyberwars
We live in an age where data can be a more powerful weapon than an atom bomb. Data is being used to win elections in the biggest economies of the world. Nation states are looking at deploying cyberwars to attack each other tactically and strategically. As a result, data protection of national intelligence and defense secrets is becoming extremely important.
According to a report released by the International Data Corporation (IDC), the data that we are creating is expected to reach 175 zettabytes by 2025. A zettabyte is a billion terabytes, or 1021 bytes. Much of this data is expected to be on cloud infrastructure. Therefore, we will need to ensure that this entire infrastructure is cyber secure.
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