The Center for Connected Intelligence
The think tank for people shaping security.
Bringing security leaders together to produce original research, confront emerging challenges, and make sense of a fast-changing field.
From strategy to practice
Two communities. One connected profession.
Each is designed around a different set of responsibilities, from setting security strategy to putting it into practice.
The Executive Council
A private community exclusively for CSOs and their direct reports.
Members exchange candid insight, build trusted relationships, and stay connected through an always-on platform, direct introductions, and curated virtual and in-person experiences.
The Practitioner Network
A community for security operators, analysts, investigators, program managers, and other practitioners.
The Network focuses on peer knowledge-sharing, operational best practices, collaboration, and resources that strengthen day-to-day security work.
Voices of the Center
The people behind the perspective
The Center draws on security executives, practitioners, advisors, researchers, and subject-matter experts with firsthand knowledge of the field.
Their expertise challenges assumptions, broadens the conversation, and keeps the Center’s work grounded in the realities of security leadership and operations.
Research and perspective
Where experience becomes insight.
The Center examines the forces reshaping security through original data, expert analysis, and informed perspectives from across the profession.
The result is clearer context, practical guidance, and credible points of comparison for the decisions ahead.
Coming Soon
Benchmark Report
The Corporate Security Benchmark Report
How security programs compare on staffing, budget, structure, and scope.
The Annual CSO Survey
What chief security officers are prioritizing, funding, and watching in the year ahead.
Read the survey → AssessmentThe Corporate Security AI Readiness Assessment
Gauge how prepared your program is to adopt AI, and where to start.
Take the Assessment → Research ReportState of Data Analytics
How security teams use data to see risk earlier and prove impact.
Read the report →The Connected INTELLIGENCE Podcast
Hear from the people closest to the work.
Each episode explores the decisions, challenges, and lessons shaping modern security programs.
Guests unpack what they are seeing, what they are learning, and what security teams can apply.
From the World Cup to the Olympics: Scaling Event Security with LA Metro’s Robert Gummer
Hosted by Fred Burton
Evolving Insider Threats and Cyber-Physical Convergence with Former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate
Hosted by Fred Burton
Adapting Executive Protection in Dynamic Threat Environments with Jonathan Wackrow
Hosted by Fred Burton
Connected Data, Trusted Decisions: Building an AI-Ready Security Program with Lukas Quanstrom
Hosted by Manish MehtaResearch and experiences
Conversations worth showing up for.
The Center brings timely questions and new findings into live discussion through in-person and virtual experiences.
Each event creates space to compare approaches, test ideas, and learn across the profession.