Security technology: the shaping of research strategy--a holistic approach

Neil Fisher

doi:10.1117/12.607328

19 May 2005 Security technology: the shaping of research strategy--a holistic approach (Invited Paper)

Neil Fisher

Proceedings Volume 5781, Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.607328
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Since the terrible events of 11 Sep 2001 the response to security vulnerabilities has been to throw “Guns, Gates and Guards” at the problem. Three years later and it is clear that, although this may have had a short-term effect, it is unsustainable and unaffordable in the long term. The war on terrorism is going to be fought for a very long time. Defending against terrorism and enhancing the resilience and robustness of society and its processes now requires constant vigilance. Only technology can provide that vigilance at an efficiency that can provide certainty of detection and fast response. A technology led approach, integrating with people and their processes calls for innovation and a new generation of technology that fuses the physical world with the logical world. This approach is measurable in terms of capability and investment, in the way that the previous Newtonian security approach of cause and effect is not. This paper will address this new security environment and the different approach that R&D has to take to ensure that life and Democracy thrive and terrorism is defeated.

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Neil Fisher "Security technology: the shaping of research strategy--a holistic approach (Invited Paper)", Proc. SPIE 5781, Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security, (19 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.607328

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