At one time the “tactical edge” was a man on horseback. Today’s tactical edge encompasses sensors, satellites, flexible communication, and much more. To orchestrate this new capacity, military leaders are adopting capabilities to make that valuable data resilient, secure, and timely.

During the interview Colonel Khatod, United States Army Cyber Command, gave some details, "I look at the entire Army, we have 1.4 million end points on five continents."  Those end points can produce a staggering amount of data that needs to be analyzed and acted upon.