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In Today's Post 21st Century
Global society where science and technology have evolved
drastically, especially in the ICT sector, Deoxyribonucleic
Acid (DNA) chips are deployed in data communication and
networking applications that require smart and reliable
storage to accommodate large data with less or no
vulnerability to hacks, cyber compromise, or self-destruct.
This Biotech device, the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) module,
is an appealing option for such a purpose due to its
endurance, a higher degree of compaction, and similarity to
the sequential code of 0’s and 1’s as found in a computer.
This emerging field of DNA as means of data storage has the
potential to transform science fiction into reality, where a
device that can fit in our palms can accommodate the
information of the entire world, as the latest research has
revealed that just four grams of DNA could store the annual
global digital information. DNA has all the properties to
supersede the conventional hard disk, as it is capable of
retaining ten times more data, has a thousand fold storage
density, and consumes 108 times less power to store a
similar amount of data. Although DNA has an enormous
potential as data storage device of the future, multiple
bottlenecks such as exorbitant costs, excruciatingly slow
writing and reading mechanisms, and vulnerability to
mutations need to be resolved.
Keywords: DNA, cyber compromise, data storage, sequential
code, mutation
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