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This book describes an adaptable biothreat assessment process to
complement overall biorisk management programs, incorporating
threat management and the unique natures of biological assets.
Further, this book examines the nexus between public health,
international security, and developing technologies, building a
case for augmenting biosecurity to levels beyond the laboratory
constraints. With the face of biological and biomedical sciences
changing, this book describes how with proper biosecurity
development, these can become assets, rather than liabilities, to
secure our world from natural and man-made biological disasters.
The world is changing rapidly with respect to developing threats,
such as terrorism, and dual-use technologies, such as synthetic
biology, that are challenging how we think about biosafety and
biosecurity. Further, the fields of public health and international
security are colliding, as both of these share the common enemy:
intentional or natural biological incidents. To date, biosecurity
has been limited to laboratory-level application, and complicating
efforts, and lacks credentialed biosecurity professionals skilled
in both the biological sciences and threat management techniques.
The result is a fragmented field of practice, with tremendous need,
from the lab to the outbreak. Underpinning these principles is the
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, providing a historic milestone to
examine biosecurity through a global lens. This book describes
biosecurity as a set of practices and principles to be augmented
out of the constrained laboratory environment, and applied to
larger efforts, such as international threat reduction and
biological incident management.
This book describes an adaptable biothreat assessment process to
complement overall biorisk management programs, incorporating
threat management and the unique natures of biological assets.
Further, this book examines the nexus between public health,
international security, and developing technologies, building a
case for augmenting biosecurity to levels beyond the laboratory
constraints. With the face of biological and biomedical sciences
changing, this book describes how with proper biosecurity
development, these can become assets, rather than liabilities, to
secure our world from natural and man-made biological disasters.
The world is changing rapidly with respect to developing threats,
such as terrorism, and dual-use technologies, such as synthetic
biology, that are challenging how we think about biosafety and
biosecurity. Further, the fields of public health and international
security are colliding, as both of these share the common enemy:
intentional or natural biological incidents. To date, biosecurity
has been limited to laboratory-level application, and complicating
efforts, and lacks credentialed biosecurity professionals skilled
in both the biological sciences and threat management techniques.
The result is a fragmented field of practice, with tremendous need,
from the lab to the outbreak. Underpinning these principles is the
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, providing a historic milestone to
examine biosecurity through a global lens. This book describes
biosecurity as a set of practices and principles to be augmented
out of the constrained laboratory environment, and applied to
larger efforts, such as international threat reduction and
biological incident management.
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