@article{291b08d86f0146d49d8f99887fe532fb,
title = "Improving health security and intelligence capabilities to mitigate biological threats",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to biological threats and likely sharpened the focus of intelligence communities (ICs) on the importance of health security. The recent advent of CRISPR (an acronym for Clustered, Regularly Interspaced, Short Palindromic Repeats) gene editing technology is a significant development in humans{\textquoteright} ability to change the genome of individuals and populations, and is a key example of a potential biological threat that has profound implications for future global health security (Charo, 2019). The equipment required to conduct CRISPR gene editing is relatively accessible and affordable, and the genetic material of humans, animals, plants, and bacteria is abundant.",
keywords = "health security, health security intelligence, biological threats, CRISPR, COVID-19",
author = "Marcus Smith and Walsh, {Patrick F}",
note = "Marcus Smith, PhD, is a lawyer and has previously worked in Australian policy and research agencies and the federal parliament. He is a senior lecturer in law at Charles Sturt University and adjunct professor of law at the University of Canberra. He holds a PhD in law from the Australian National University. His recent books include Technology Law, Cambridge University Press, 2021; Biometrics, Crime and Security, Routledge, 2018; and DNA Evidence in the Australian Legal System, LexisNexis, 2016. Patrick F. Walsh, PhD, is a former intelligence analyst who has worked in Australian national security and law enforcement agencies. He is an associate professor, intelligence and security studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Australia. He consults to government and his research focuses on a range of intelligence capability issues including governance, leadership, intelligence and ethics, biosecurity, health security and cyber. He is the author of Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis, Routledge, UK 2011; Intelligence, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2018; and Intelligence Leadership and Governance. Building Effective Intelligence Communities in the 21st Century, Routledge, 2020.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1080/23800992.2021.1953826",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "139--155",
journal = "The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs ",
issn = "2380-0992",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
number = "2",
}