With the market for security goods and services having expanded rapidly since 9/11, this study examines the potential costs of major disruptions, the trade-offs between tighter security and economic efficiency, and the implications of tighter security for privacy and other democratic liberties.
Table of contents:
Foreword Introduction: The Emerging Security Economy by Barrie Stevens Chapter 1: The Future Demand for Security Goods and Services: Shaping Factors by Barrie Stevens Chapter 2: Biometrics by Bernard Didier Chapter 3: Radio Frequency Identification: Technology, Applications and Impact by Steve Hodges and Duncan McFarlane Chapter 4: Gallileo by Rene Oosterlinck Chapter 5: Security Products: the Italian Electronic Identity Card and Other Applications by Alfio Torrisi and Luigi Mezzanotte Chapter 6: Economic Trade-Offs in the Security Economy by Tilman Brück Chapter 7: Surveillance Technologies: Trends and Social Implications by David Lyon Annex: List of Participants
