Biosecurity

Just as the advent of the information age underscored the need for cybersecurity, the growing threat of infectious diseases should spur significant investments in biosecurity - Project Syndicate

Biosecurity
Biosecurity

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 What Biosecurity and Cybersecurity Research Have in Common

Biosecurity and cybersecurity research share an unusual predicament: Efforts to predict and defend against emerging threats often expose and create vulnerabilities. For example, scientists must first learn how to isolate and grow a pathogen before they can develop a new vaccine. Similarly, researchers must first learn how to break into a computer system in order to defend it. In the wrong hands, both types of knowledge can be used to develop a weapon instead of a vaccine or a patch.

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