The Top
Ten Trends
in the Future of
High Tech Security
Whats Next After
the Attack on America?
The
Institute for Global Futures recently released its Top Ten Trends
in the Future of High Tech Security Report. Given the recent
terrorist attacks on America, this report outlines a forecast
of future security technologies and trends that will affect individuals,
business and government. It covers both emerging and future trends
that will shape society. The Top Ten Trends is the first report
overview to outline the new threats to our society since the
attacks on America.
"These ten top
trends are a recipe for how to prepare today for an extreme future
where personal and economic threats will be common to our reality",
indicated Dr. James Canton, CEO of the Institute for Global Futures.
"New technologies may help protect us, but with a great
cost to our privacy, while we deal with a new paradigm of risks
never before imagined" The core of the report is the top
ten future trends that follows. "The key decision is, what
are individuals, governments and organizations willing to do
today to prevent future attacks. Without adopting an entirely
new perspective on security, we will be vulnerable in the future,"
stated Dr. Canton.
The Institute for Global
Futures is an internationally recognized San Francisco based
think tank that advises Fortune 1000 companies and governments
on emerging trends in technology, business and society. Founded
in 1990 by Dr. James Canton, the Institute for Global Futures
has been on the leading edge of forecasting threats and opportunities
for a worldwide client base. See website www.FutureGuru.com for
more information.
Below are the Top Ten
Trends in the Future of High Tech Security from the Institute
for Global Futures:
The Top
Ten Trends
in the Future of Security:
What's Coming?
1.
Economic Information Warfare (EIW), consisting of sophisticated
attacks against entire economies, commerce and enterprises will
accelerate as a global threat.
2. Smart Watchers,
a new generation of super-sensitive satellite and video networked
electronic surveillance, will be everywhere. Real-time personal
face scanning and suspicion profiling tied to massive supercomputers,
sensory-aware networks and data warehouses will determine risks,
provide prevention strategies and intelligence on neutralizing
threats.
3. National
Identity Cards with embedded smart chips, containing an individual's
entire Genomic Profile will act as a secure personal identifier.
They will wirelessly authenticate an individual's location, security
clearance level and identity to a sea of intelligent networks
tied to government, transportation, banking, telecom and enterprises.
4. Pandoras,
the next generation of computer virus attacks, will be self-mutating
viruses created to destabilize, confuse and destroy critical
electronic infrastructures essential to industry and government.
These will be used as offensive and defensive weapons by all
sides.
5. Sniffers
designed to automatically sense, watch, search and identify individuals
with critical information, weapons or bombs will have the capability
to navigate physical, wireless and electronic realities.
7. DEPS, Digitally Engineered Personalities, personal sensors that live in the global telecom Internet network and provide 24/7 follow-you-anywhere security protection for individuals, enterprises and governments, will be necessary and in demand.
8. Biometric Authentication: facial, eye, fingerprint and genomic scanning will be necessary to validate an individual's physical or virtual entry into electronic networks or physical areas. Security Tattoos with bar-scans will be popular and fashionable.
9. Biowar and Agri-Terrorism targeting the destruction of targeted ecosystems will emerge as common threats putting at risk public health, soil, food and water resources.
10. Numerous personal privacy violations will occur, requiring new laws to protect and preserve individual freedoms.
© 2001 Institute for Global Futures
