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.

Fred Burton on KVUE Discussing the Suicide Bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan

With decades of experience in security and counter-terrorism intelligence work, Burton said the mission to evacuate is one of the most complex he has seen.

"The logistics behind this is something that I don't think I've seen in my career at this scope in such a deteriorating environment," Burton said.

He calls it "deteriorating" because of the scramble to get so many people out of the country before Aug. 31, while the intelligence community warns of threats of violence.