BRITISH ARMY
Keeping cyber safe The Army is being transparent in the Integrated Review that it will continue to examine in an operational sense where cyber has utility , both in terms of the need to protect from it but also use it . It can be weaponised where appropriate against particular adversaries .
Defence Digital works closely with British Telecom ( BT ) and other key partners to deliver a resilient and secure network which really showed its mettle during the lockdown when the workforce had to adapt to work from home .
Defence Digital is also leading the way when it comes to the Digital Backbone – the data highway that runs right from the individual soldier all the way back to HQ , or base to bayonet .
“ We ' re going to produce a backbone and we ' re going to tell you how to plug into it . Here ' s the architecture , here ' s how you plug in , off you go . I think that ' s a fundamental difference in how we do this and probably the thing that will make this work ,” says Brig Crossfield .
“ Why is it important ? Well , if in the business space , we can be much more efficient about when and how we fix our equipment , we ' ll get much more uptime from that equipment , and it will be cheaper to run as a result .
“ Take that to the battlespace – now more uptime on that platform means more war fighting capability . It means out-competing our adversary . So when we talk about outcompeting them , it ' s not just about in the decision action cycle . It ' s not just about how quickly we do it . It ' s about using the data in every way we can to be in a better place to fight .
“ Ultimately , warfare will remain the bloody visceral , dangerous business that it is . And if you ' ve got your platforms live and someone else hasn ' t , I know you ’ re going to win nine times out of 10 .” cybermagazine . com 75