The government is also strengthening its virtual borders with plans to create a cyber-threat monitoring center.

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Ernesto is not the only tropical threat forecasters are monitoring.

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Much better would be to develop a network of smaller "forward operating bases" around the world, which could serve as a springboard for troops monitoring a threat or responding to trouble.

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Governments are snapping up advanced monitoring and tracking systems to boost domestic law enforcement and counter the threat of terrorism even as businesses use the technology to manage and protect sensitive data.

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Mr Speaker, among all the security challenges to citizens of this country covered by this new strategy, the most serious and urgent remains the threat from international terrorism - with today Britain facing 30 known plots, and monitoring 200 networks and around 2000 individuals.

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