By 4/23/2021 Valued at $13.2 billion in 2019, the smart agriculture market is projected to grow to $22 billion by 2025, according to MarketsandMarkets. As smart machines and sensors crop up on farms and data grow in quantity and scope, farming processes will become increasingly data driven. In order to capture the full value of data, it cannot be locked away in silos. The cloud is the fastest and least expensive way to integrate data. By 2025, 49% of the world’s data is projected to be stored in the cloud, according to International Data Corporation. As agriculture becomes more digitized, cybersecurity and data privacy remain the two most significant issues posed by life in a digital world. Hackers can gain access to personal and business information by discovering vulnerabilities at different layers in a system. And every type of defense is only as strong as its weakest link.