Classified intelligence data, thus some of the UK’s most important national security secrets, is destined to be hosted by Amazon’s systems, via its subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Financial Times newspaper has in fact revealed an agreement for the use of a ‘cloud’, therefore of a virtual storage space, by the three British spy agencies, Gchq, MI5 and MI6. It is expected that a digital platform will be created by the American giant to exploit cutting-edge technologies in espionage, such as analysis of ‘big data’ and artificial intelligence, but that everything will be managed by the officials of His Majesty. However, it remains a decision destined to raise doubts and criticisms from various points of view, starting from fears that British sovereignty will be jeopardized with respect to such crucial data actually kept by a private entity. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman was consulted on the matter and did not comment directly on the revelation of the newspaper but made some clarifications. “We have used private sector technology in national security applications for decades in order to keep the country safe – he stressed – obviously ensuring the security of this technology is a top priority and all protections are already in place for independently classified information. from the technology provider “.
.
I have been working in the news industry for over 10 years now and I have worked for some of the biggest news websites in the world. My focus has always been on entertainment news, but I also cover a range of other topics. I am currently an author at Global happenings and I love writing about all things pop-culture related.
