Protecting Us for the Future

After September 11th, many countries began to create safeguards in case of another terrorist attack. While the United States was putting most of their money into making our airports safer as opposed to our trains and subway systems, Great Britain was creating new technology to protect the country in the wake of an attack.

On Thursday, a secret Internet chat room run by Britain's financial regulators helped keep London's financial markets open after the bomb blasts according to a CNN.com article. "The site, set up after the Sept. 11 attacks, allows regulators to coordinate and communicate with the financial services sector if there is a devastating event. The Web site has a secure section where the authorities can communicate directly with big banks that are key to the stability of the international financial system."

On Thursday it was a secure chat room that kept terrorists from winning. London was able to keep the markets open and people were able to return to their daily lives sooner. It is important that we continue to learn from these attacks how to protect ourselves in the event of another one. We must implement new technologies to plan for the future. We live in a different world than we did four years ago.