GSN March 2016 Digital Edition

ing critical infrastructure in those
reference points, in effect enhancing
security with necessary detail about
places where security is most vital.
Even the issue of legacy systems
that plague so many governments
and first responders has been solved
with open standards technology
that cuts across networks, leaving
knocked-down stovepipes in its
wake and allowing a real-time common
operating picture to police
and fire, ambulances and hospitals,
Homeland Security, National Guard
and Red Cross, and to government
fluid to cope with the moving target
of disaster.
Lessons learned drive evolving
plans and technology solutions, but
often on parallel paths and usually
not at the same pace. Technology always
moves faster than public adoption.
Today it’s because industry’s
agile development processes move
at the speed of innovation, faster
than first responders can adjust and
adapt to – and pay for – changing
emergency requirements.
Often answers are available before
questions and answers.
quirements
necessary to cope with
potentially anticipated emergencies,
such as weather, earthquakes,
chemical spills, industrial fires and
the like; and unanticipated events,
such as issues in schools and public
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