IT after September 11,2001

 

  IT in Australia will undergo several changes similar to that in other developed

  nations. The development will be along the following lines.

 

 Efficient Data Storage and Data protection facilities.

  Data storage and data management has proven to be critical in

  the recent terrorist attack. Companies that protected their data

  using alternate storage places like data center were able to get

  into business faster than other companies and were able to retrieve

  back valuable customer information. Thus companies are investing

  more in order to protect their data.

 

 Efficient Security systems

  The September 11 attack led companies to concentrate on their

  security features this led to increase in investment in technologies

  that enhance the security of the company like data accessing,

  efficient screening etc.

 

 Efficient Communication system

  The terrorist attack led to stop in communication among various

  companies and as a result most of the companies resorted to other

  means of communications like video conferencing. Thus more

  companies are investing in alternate communicationtechnologies as

  an integral part of their communication systems.

 

 Airport and Aviation Security

  The Attacks led to improvement in IT in screening practices and

  procedures in the airports. Technology was also geared to address

  issues like prevent unauthorized access to planes and secure airport areas

 

 Improve intelligence gathering and dissemination

  The attacks led to increase in investment in IT issues like intelligence

  gathering regarding the various terrorists and other offenders to

  enable the airport authorities to make better decisions.

  Further technology that enable domestic information sharing and

  international cooperation is being planned

 

 Protection against Computer Terrorism.

  Further the terrorist attacks have thrown new light into the extent to

  which terrorism can cause damage to corporate . This also indicates

  that the terrorist could also use more damaging instruments like computer

  terrorism to create financial damage. Thus more efforts are made to

  protect the corporations from themselves in such future attacks.