Biosecurity experts call technology only a small part of protecting the U.S.

At a recent biosecurity conference held in Washington, D.C., experts asserted that technology is only a small part of the system designed to protect the United States from terrorist threats.

Pamela Diaz, the director for biosurveillance coordination at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that biosurrveillance is actually a broad area that is in need of a skilled workforce that must partner with federal, state and local authorities to function properly, according to NationalDefenseMagazine.com. There is no single technological solution available, and to run successfully, there must be a high degree of coordination between partners.