A discussion on SiriusXM Canada about the hostage-taking at the synagogue in Texas.
Reflecting on failures that led to Jan. 6 — and getting it right for the future
A few thoughts written for The Hill on the January 6th attack. My key take-away, “Jan. 6 wasn’t an intelligence collection failure. It was a failure to act upon the intelligence collected.” Also, the bomb maker has not been caught, which is surprising.
Fred Burton interview in The Hill: Cities prep security plans for large holiday crowds
"Everybody across America today that has parades planned, they're going to be revisiting their contingency plans," said Fred Burton, executive director of the Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence. He added organizers want "to ensure that they have adequate security plans in place."
Burton, a former diplomatic security special agent, said incidents such as the deadly crash in Wisconsin remind people of the potential danger that could occur in mass gatherings but warned against tying such events together. Officials have stressed they do not believe the incident Sunday was linked to terror.
Burton, with the Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence, said that event planners are right to redouble security efforts for holiday gatherings after the Waukesha crash but stressed the importance of people not avoiding such events due to concerns about a similar incident.
"I think everybody needs to live their lives and not be ruled by fear," he said.
Fred Burton Article in Forbes Technology Council
A few words on Aligning Organizations Around Security (And Against Workplace Violence).
Fred Burton in ITV Documentary on Benghazi
Honored to be included in this ITV British documentary on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The production team did a great job putting together the sequence of details in the attack.
SHRM - Executive Risks Intensified Throughout Pandemic, Study Finds
Understanding the unique threat landscape affecting executives, their families and the company can help avoid or limit threats of kidnapping or physical harm.
Fred Burton Video for GSX Conference in Orlando, Florida
Through Fred’s decades of experience in the protective intelligence field, he has consistently seen programs that were lacking one key and very important ingredient: threat assessments. Even the times a program had both, they were often displaced in silos and not shared across teams or with other key players, like HR or Legal. The combination of protective intelligence and threat assessment is key to the future of physical security.
Executive Risks Intensified Throughout Pandemic, Study Finds
An article by Fred Burton for ASIS Security Management on-line. The hyper-link will take you to the story.