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Patrick Walsh discusses threats to the bioeconomy sector. He presents cyberbiosecurity, a growing cross-disciplinary knowledge area that intersects cybersecurity, security and biosecurity and provides a different way of understanding security threats to the bioeconomy. He argues that synthetic biology and biotechnology are exponentially growing sectors of the global economy, however the nature of emerging threats and risks associated with these sectors are not well understood. Discussing IP theft, foreign interference and malevolent exploitation of dual-use bio-agents Walsh provides a more comprehensive understanding of threats, risks and vulnerabilities in this little understood sector.
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Walsh, P.F. (2022). Securing the Bioeconomy: Exploring the Role of Cyberbiosecurity. In: Gill, M. (eds) The Handbook of Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91735-7_16
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