Dr. Alex Philp is the Founder and CTO of TerraEchos Inc., a provider of mission-critical, time-critical threat detection, analysis, confirmation and response solutions. Based in Missoula, Montana, Philp may be contacted through www.terraechos.com.
In the decade since 9/11, the United States has invested enormous resources into protecting our critical infrastructure from asymmetrical attacks, such as car bombs and hijacked airplanes. The problem is that our most vital facilities – pipelines, ports, refineries and power plants – are also vulnerable and difficult to secure due to their remote locations.