There’s a good article in Wired, Security Tech Booms Post-9/11 about how, in general, the companies riding the security technology wave have been the big integrators who have helped the government get organized rather than develop and deploy anti-terror technologies. According to the article, the 2007 Department of Homeland Security budget request listed 25 key accomplishments, with “most of the victories surrounding organizational changes or improved use of resources. Only three items linked technology to better Sept. 11-style safety. One celebrated the rise of a data-sharing network that routes secret information among 56 federal sites. The other two related to a single program, US-VISIT, which incorporates biometrics and machine-readable passports to tighten border control.â€
The article’s point is that before long, more of the security tech opportunities and funding will be going to smaller, innovative companies because the big players are "running out of innovation."
"The themes around much of the successes involving technology have been relatively basic at this point," said Greg Baroni, who heads the federal business for Unisys. "I see this as an emerging market. The large, advanced, state-of-the-art technologies are still being explored."
It will be instructive to watch the parade of new technologies coming to the fore.
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