| dc.description.abstract | The golden rule and principle in today’s digital world is ‘right to gather information and right to distribute it in right time’. When it comes to military related operations whether security operations in own country or ongoing abroad theatre defence operations those entities need access to the systems in time and the data requested should be on hand in an accurate and comprehensive manner. Availability of mass data is growing day by day, networking with clusters via digital networks. Parallel to that technological advances in main areas such as cybersecurity, surveillance by satellites, remote electronic sensors, and drone technology are generating huge volumes of data which are needed by all main ongoing processes of a country, and these new data create challenges for human analysts who are struggling to keep pace. It is important to point out that most military activities that use cloud computing are real-time, automated to financial management, communications and planning. By getting on the cloud, the Armed forces have a chance to do more with less and they are starting by doing what they do best being organized. the new technology and mass information have to be managed protect and process into some valuable output to obtain the best outcome of technology advancement with regard to defence related work. Specific defence agencies in Europe and USA have used advance technological enhancements to boost the information storage capacity and the data analytical processing power. In those regions, large number of investments place further strains on operations with the sufficient budget allocated under fire while defence service demands are
growing. With all these aspects defence agencies have been thoughtful about cloud computing. But cloud computing could be a new challenge and differentiator in accomplishing next generation defence strategies. This technology will be easier, secure and cheaper than existing siloed systems. An improved advantage is being able to keep bound with the demands of modern defence operations since optimizing operations in defence and military related applications becomes a strategic necessity for defence agencies and authorities across the world. When designing new cloud-based infrastructure for a military application, it is important to consider the holistic approach in different dimensions like security privacy, efficiency, maintenance, cost, society, standards and ethics. This holistic cloud framework is described by hierarchically organized processes which allow for military applications, technology and social-driven security management. A Reliable holistic framework for migration will ensure mitigation of risks in cloud computing technology. This holistic framework designed by meta-synthesis method to improve the migration process a maturity model called ‘Holistic Cloud Migration Framework for Armed Forces Sri Lanka’ is introduced with 5 main categories combined with holistic attributes to add extra value and sustainability for the framework design. | en_US |
