The Study on National Security in Big Data Era

Abstract

Over the past decade, " big data " has become an ubiquitous buzzword in academia, the professional world and the media. Some commentators have hailed big data as " the new oil of the 21st century " and " the world's most valuable resource ". As technology advances and data becomes more readily available, processing power is increasing, as predicted by Moore's Law in the 1970s. The rapid development of instruments and sensors, digital storage and computing, communications and networks has driven an inevitable " big data revolution ", generating and providing ever more data. This has huge implications for national governance, political and military strategy, national security, corporate decisions and individual lifestyles. In the face of the surging flood of big data, existing national security management methods can no longer meet the security requirements of the era of big data, and national security is facing severe challenges. The exposure to PRISM shows that European and American countries have carried out large-scale development and research on big data, constantly mining big data, analyzing the connection between data information, in order to serve the national security strategy. Therefore, the arrival of the era of big data has brought both opportunities and challenges to China's national security management. In this context, only by closely tracking the development trend of big data can we grasp the trend of The Times, safeguard political security and regime security, and comprehensively improve China's future security strategic advantages.