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Key words: Technology, Intelligence, Cyber Security, Investigation, Cryptology, etc.

Introduction

Hacking attack vector surface has overwhelmed modern information-communication systems causing
risk to people, businesses and critical infrastructure. Ongoing cyber landscape faces up certain skill
shortage as there are yet too many challenges that should be overcome. Defense industry is constantly
several decades ahead from civilian community as it can be comparable with space research programs
which cope with cutting-edge solutions. Even military community of today is not fully protected from
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ongoing threats as it deals with products of 4 industrial revolution. Modern tendencies across the globe
are to make smart technology and such a trend is even present with army industry. It’s well-known that
military assets will apply some level of protection to their communication, information exchange and
storage systems and in such a sense it’s possible to talk about highly sophisticated cryptographic projects
which can provide some degree of assurance to those critical data managements. Cryptology is a practice
that can be distinguished into two branches being cryptography and cryptanalysis. Both areas are more
than needed for security of military systems. Cyber technologies include computers, internet and mobile
advancements which are very vulnerable to cyber attacks. Current hacking tools need IP address in order
to make breach and take control over those innovations. Also, cyber attacks are not only threat to
network’s devices, but mostly to communication channels which need quite strong end-to-end, as well
as link encryption. That military doctrine is already well-developed as there was always need to protect
exchanged findings. Beginnings of first cryptographic tools go back to ancient times and usage of
encryption with Spartan warriors. True breakthrough of encryption which is known nowadays started with
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World War 2 bringing with so real explosion of digital technologies. That was time of 3 industrial
revolution and even today industry 4.0. relies on such discoveries as modern technologies are just
transformation of what was made before.

Imperative of progress is to offer something new and better in regards to pervious approaches. Current
industrial boom gains huge popularity as it transfers communication and object’s experience to web
environment providing pretty cost-effective solutions which can be assumed as advantage in comparation
with what was used before. Such a demand is put in front of ongoing army community as solutions in
defense industry must be functional, as well as inexpensive. Similar requirement is engaged with entire
engineering landscape as even civilians will reject something being less convenient to them. World is
becoming consumer society and if majority is not happy they will seek change. Change can be positive,
negative and neutral and only positive changes can guarantee progress and prosperity. In other words,
once it was approached some project all its pluses and minuses must be reviewed in order to explain to
such decision makers approve budgeting to those needs. Engineering always looks for optimal choice
as it must satisfy both – technological and economical requirements. Similar case is with defense industry
as tax payers worldwide will not be willing to support something extremely pricing no matter how
sophisticated that solution is. It appears both – civilian and defense industries cope with more or less
similar challenges. For instance, army members mostly apply satellite communication in their everyday
routine, but such a technological service is very expensive and for that reason there is appeal to shift on
something cheaper as cordless web connection is. Main concern with such an internet communication is
its range and coverage which means only one factor is met which is cost-effectiveness, while functionality

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