The U.S. Army is making the move to the cloud—that is, cloud data storage—according to recent reports.

The Army has recently made arrangements to bring the Defense Cross-Domain Analytical Capability, a database that stores a variety of security-related information including photos and videos, onto cloud storage.

Currently, some biometric data, including finger prints, is stored locally in the warzone of Afghanistan. However, storing this information locally limits soldiers’ ability to access the information, especially when they are on the move. The push to cloud storage will be crucial in aiding mobile operations, giving soldiers more information about suspects than is currently available, such as prior arrests in different cities.  This would additionally make doing fingerprint background checks on suspects significantly faster.

Despite the potential usefulness of cloud storage, there are some drawbacks, the main one being unreliable internet connection, which could prevent soldiers from being able to access the information.

Bandwith aside, the biggest concern regarding the move to cloud storage is data security. Military cloud storage is still very new—it has been around for less than five years—and many fear that the cloud infrastructure cannot be properly secured.