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11 Plenary Session: Reflections and Discussion
Pages 70-74

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... to understand when those inflection points happen; that is, when does the fundamental infrastructure of public health surveillance change? And when it does change, how do we adapt, how do we make these systems secure, and what kind of cybersecurity and national security vulnerabilities exist?
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From page 71...
... DiEuliis noted that although vast amounts of data are being generated, what is extracted from that data depends on what questions are of interest. For example, she said, when we consider organism data for synthetic biology, there are fewer concerns about how open those data are compared to human genome data or health information.
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From page 72...
... Another, he said, is to assist with threat analysis and to help determine which of the emerging technologies or production arrangements or training programs warrant closer attention. He noted that addressing the tensions between security and functionality, security and commercial operations, security and privacy, and so on will be an ongoing challenge.
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From page 73...
... DiEuliis noted that even with advanced technologies, developing and producing products that have significant market reach will likely involve the use of items or infrastructure that can be tracked. She noted that synthetic biology that uses yeast and viruses requires fermentation tanks and sugar, and that sugar is a regulated commodity.
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