Improving Health Security and Intelligence Capabilities to Mitigate Biological Threats
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13104247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcus Smith (0000-0001-9810-979X, Charles Sturt University, corresponding author), Patrick F Walsh (0000-0002-1369-5468, Charles Sturt University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-155 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Intelligence Security and Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2380-0992 • E-ISSN: 2380-100X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23800992.2021.1953826 |
| OpenAlex | W3184679339 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has fostered a greater appreciation of the significance of health security and intelligence capabilities. This article examines health security and intelligence capabilities in the United States and other countries, with a view to raising awareness of biological threats across the Five Eyes community. New biotechnologies offer vaccines, therapies, and healthcare solutions, but also present biological threats that must be managed. This article begins by discussing the rise of biological threats and the relative lax regulatory environment in the United States and overseas. The second part then examines the growing importance of health security intelligence and the role it can play in response to this potential threat. The third part focuses on intelligence collection, capability, and threat mitigation, and how this could be mobilized to address harmful impacts of biological threats. The final part of the article provides recommendations for building an intelligence capacity within ICs as well as associated regulatory reforms
Biological warfare · Business · Computer security · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Health care · Health security · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Computer Science · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Law, AI, and Intellectual Property · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |