Biosecurity for Synthetic Biology and Emerging Biotechnologies: Critical Challenges for Governance

Trump, Benjamin D.; Florin, Marie–Valentine; Perkins, Edward J.; Linkov, Igor

doi:10.1007/978-94-024-2086-9_1

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“…Justification for Using One-way ANOVA One-way ANOVA help us to determine whether a significant difference exist between the mean of at least three different samples drawn from different populations. In our study, the respondents were grouped into three on the basis of years in service; less than one year(<1), one to five years (1)(2)(3)(4)(5), and six to ten years(6-10) respectively.…”

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“…The most targeted sector encompasses 24% government, 12.5% public services, 12.5% private services, 13% IT providers, 9% banking insurance, and 7% health [11]. There is a lot of havoc a threat could cause in an organisation; some of the havoc it can create is stolen company's secrets, access to sensitive employee personal information, and the toughest of all, the theft of customer base information [3]. The most dangerous threats are malware (especially spyware), ransomware, distributed denial of service attacks (DoS, DDoS), denial of service, and social engineering.…”

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The Role of AI In Enhancing Threat Detection and Response in Cybersecurity Infrastructures

Onih,

Sevidzem,

Adeniji

2024

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Introduction: Considering growing cyber risks, this study aims to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance threat detection and response rates, thereby enhancing cybersecurity systems. It specifically focuses on addressing the urgent requirement for enhanced defence strategies. Methodology: The research utilised a quantitative approach to analyse data gathered from cybersecurity professionals. Surveys are carried out to assess how well AI technologies work in ensuring safety, the challenges faced, and their practical use in various industries. Discussion: The findings show that artificial intelligence, specifically utilizing machine learning and deep learning, significantly improves the capability to detect and mitigate potential risks. Despite this, there are major challenges including high implementation costs, lack of skilled employees, and concerns about data security that act as significant barriers. The study also highlights the broad consensus on the transformative power of AI in revolutionizing cybersecurity, despite the existence of these challenges. Conclusion: It has become obvious that AI technologies have the capability to improve cybersecurity practices through improved identification and response to cyberattacks. However, to make this work, allocating strategic resources for AI infrastructure development, providing extensive training for professionals, and thoroughly assessing ethical implications are crucial.

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The Role of AI In Enhancing Threat Detection and Response in Cybersecurity Infrastructures

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Adeniji

2024

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“…Such new agents and BW delivery systems (e.g., drones and advanced aerosolizers) could provide an array of additional and novel use options, expanding the BW paradigm (Pethő-Kiss, 2022) innovative approaches to counterproliferation, detection, mitigation, medical countermeasures, and forensics for attribution. Consequently an adaptation or a change in the biosecurity architecture including biodefense, preparedness, and prevention is necessary (National Academies of Sciences, 2018; Trump et al, 2021b).…”

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Insights In Biosafety & Biosecurity 2022/2023: Novel Developments, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives

2024

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Frontiers is more than just an open access publisher of scholarly articles: it is a pioneering approach to the world of academia, radically improving the way scholarly research is managed. The grand vision of Frontiers is a world where all people have an equal opportunity to seek, share and generate knowledge. Frontiers provides immediate and permanent online open access to all its publications, but this alone is not enough to realize our grand goals. Frontiers journal seriesThe Frontiers journal series is a multi-tier and interdisciplinary set of openaccess, online journals, promising a paradigm shift from the current review, selection and dissemination processes in academic publishing. All Frontiers journals are driven by researchers for researchers; therefore, they constitute a service to the scholarly community. At the same time, the Frontiers journal series operates on a revolutionary invention, the tiered publishing system, initially addressing specific communities of scholars, and gradually climbing up to broader public understanding, thus serving the interests of the lay society, too. Dedication to qualityEach Frontiers article is a landmark of the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors and review editors, who include some of the world's best academicians. Research must be certified by peers before entering a stream of knowledge that may eventually reach the public -and shape society; therefore, Frontiers only applies the most rigorous and unbiased reviews. Frontiers revolutionizes research publishing by freely delivering the most outstanding research, evaluated with no bias from both the academic and social point of view. By applying the most advanced information technologies, Frontiers is catapulting scholarly publishing into a new generation. What are Frontiers Research Topics?Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers journals series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area.

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“…Such new agents and BW delivery systems (e.g., drones and advanced aerosolizers) could provide an array of additional and novel use options, expanding the BW paradigm ( Pethő-Kiss, 2022 ) innovative approaches to counterproliferation, detection, mitigation, medical countermeasures, and forensics for attribution. Consequently an adaptation or a change in the biosecurity architecture including biodefense, preparedness, and prevention is necessary ( National Academies of Sciences, 2018 ; Trump et al, 2021b ).…”

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Anthrax revisited: how assessing the unpredictable can improve biosecurity

Sabra,

Krin,

Romeral

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Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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B. anthracis is one of the most often weaponized pathogens. States had it in their bioweapons programs and criminals and terrorists have used or attempted to use it. This study is motivated by the narrative that emerging and developing technologies today contribute to the amplification of danger through greater easiness, accessibility and affordability of steps in the making of an anthrax weapon. As states would have way better preconditions if they would decide for an offensive bioweapons program, we focus on bioterrorism. This paper analyzes and assesses the possible bioterrorism threat arising from advances in synthetic biology, genome editing, information availability, and other emerging, and converging sciences and enabling technologies. Methodologically we apply foresight methods to encourage the analysis of contemporary technological advances. We have developed a conceptual six-step foresight science framework approach. It represents a synthesis of various foresight methodologies including literature review, elements of horizon scanning, trend impact analysis, red team exercise, and free flow open-ended discussions. Our results show a significant shift in the threat landscape. Increasing affordability, widespread distribution, efficiency, as well as ease of use of DNA synthesis, and rapid advances in genome-editing and synthetic genomic technologies lead to an ever-growing number and types of actors who could potentially weaponize B. anthracis. Understanding the current and future capabilities of these technologies and their potential for misuse critically shapes the current and future threat landscape and underlines the necessary adaptation of biosecurity measures in the spheres of multi-level political decision making and in the science community.

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Biosecurity for Synthetic Biology and Emerging Biotechnologies: Critical Challenges for Governance

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

The Role of AI In Enhancing Threat Detection and Response in Cybersecurity Infrastructures

The Role of AI In Enhancing Threat Detection and Response in Cybersecurity Infrastructures

Insights In Biosafety & Biosecurity 2022/2023: Novel Developments, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Anthrax revisited: how assessing the unpredictable can improve biosecurity

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