CLOUDY podcast | #26 Data center in a suitcase? When the cloud travels with you (Part 2)

Can the tactical cloud also be used in foreign missions?

The tactical cloud was originally intended for foreign missions, when the equipment that is used in our territories or on our territory is packed up, transported to the mission and operates there in a certain mode with certain settings.

The mission lasts for a year and a year, it can be extended... And the equipment needs to have different configurations. When it returns, it all has to be taken out of service, deleted, etc. The tactical cloud will configure the mission, then back up the data and delete it.

When was it a problem to transport configured devices that have secret codes in them? You have to secure the entire truck, ship, containers... Now the "bare" equipment will arrive, a briefcase will arrive in which I have the data and I will install it into the device.

Is it possible to use, say, a local person on the mission to come and do a service or update?

As for knowledge and expertise, it is not difficult. But you need someone you trust and to whom you will entrust the data. This means that a local person will probably not be the right person. The equipment is always accompanied by service personnel who are trained.

Can communication be encrypted in any way?

The voice itself or communication is always encrypted in the armed forces. This means that we no longer rely on open communication there - those are the days when we spoke by voice. Today, everything is handled digitally, and that digital form is secure.

What happens when something unforeseen happens, something goes wrong? How can I get in there and fix it?

Well, of course, this is always a problem in bad conditions, but the tactical cloud has functions that can diagnose failed devices, perform reconfiguration, and, if it is technically possible in a given situation, replace devices and configure them according to the backups that are available. This means that those means of communication can be repaired very quickly and promptly.

Is remote access possible?

Well, that is exactly the problem that the tactical cloud has to solve, that there is a remote connection. We are prepared to use remote connections, but in locations that are already secured by that connection. Often, those platforms go to places where they do not have connections. Then they just collect data, collect it, do the appropriate actions with it, for which they are programmed, and when they return to their home location, they report it, send the data. If there is a connection, they send the data continuously. Of course, there is a data backup.

How about security? Is there any chance that it will get into the hands of someone who shouldn't have it? Can it be hacked, so to speak?

Whether something can be hacked or not is a matter of security. The effort is of course to secure the device physically, and as for hacking over the lines itself, the most modern mechanisms are used there, where the data is encrypted, encapsulated in various VPN tunnels, transmitted through truly secure channels - so the data is x-fold secured, user authentication is secured.

The probability is very small, and more or less even in the commercial world it has been shown that penetration from the outside is a small percentage, it is mostly penetration from the inside. And an attacker cannot actually get into the tactical cloud through the regular internet because there are several layers that he would have to overcome to get from the regular internet to the secured networks and then he would have to overcome the other physical safeguards if he wanted to directly physically get to the media.

The tactical cloud can also be used for positive things, not only in natural disasters or military conflicts, but also for music festivals, etc., so tell us more about this use.

Many people do not even realize that even at civilian events, the forces are active, ensuring safety or protection, and really large events cannot do without building a mobile infrastructure, and within the framework of building a mobile infrastructure, there are also problems with configuration, how to make decisions, how to make communications and build a tactical cloud, automation and preparation of various scenarios within minutes to mobile stations. Aliter Technologies, for example, can build mobile masts using drones. This means that if you need to cover a place, it really is enough to "snap your finger" and in a few moments you have a venue suitable for a concert event.

What is the future of the tactical cloud?

We started by being on the battlefield with the forces, we were with the rescuers and we found out that such a cloud will be an absolutely normal part of our everyday lives.

I assume that the automation, which is actually the basis of the tactical cloud, will be what this world needs and will actually make it easier for us to operate those devices.

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