Veteran-led security risk advisory
See it before they do.
Preparation isn’t paperwork. It’s protection.
Every organization has blind spots. As a tech-enabled security risk advisory firm, we find yours, then help you close them with on-site assessments, security plans, insider risk programs, and staff training.
See how it works
One minute. One walkthrough.
Watch how SafetySync assesses houses of worship and nonprofit organizations, scores the risks, and helps you pursue FEMA security funding.
- On-site vulnerability assessment and prioritized risk report
- Guidance on your NSGP Investment Justification, up to $200,000 per site
- Training for greeters, ushers, and safety teams
- On-call advising for your events
Who we serve
Find your path.
Each engagement is tuned to how your community gathers, what you protect, and who reviews your documentation.
Houses of Worship
Churches, synagogues, mosques, gurdwaras, and temples. Open doors and public schedules make planning essential.
NSGP funding up to $200,000 per site · insurance Explore →Schools
Religious and private schools. Active-threat planning, visitor management, and reunification.
State requirements · insurers · parents Explore →Nonprofits
Service providers, foundations, and advocacy groups with staff, volunteers, and clients to protect.
Board duty of care · NSGP eligibility Explore →Community Centers
High-density events on published schedules, often run by volunteers.
Board liability · event-day protocols Explore →Businesses
Offices, retail, warehouses, and sites without a full-time security director.
OSHA general duty · premises liability Explore →What we do
Four services, one method.
Every engagement draws on operational investigative experience and current FEMA and CISA preparedness frameworks, scaled from one site to a multi-campus program.
Vulnerability Assessments
On-site walkthrough of every zone. A risk-scored report with prioritized, defensible mitigations.
See what's included →Security Planning
Emergency Operations Plans and protocols your staff and volunteers can actually execute.
See how we build it →Insider Risk Programs
Vetting, behavioral indicators, reporting, and response, sized for small and mid-size organizations.
See how we build it →Training & Exercises
Staff and volunteer training and tabletop exercises that test your plans before an incident does.
See how it works →Innovative products
Two tools that get you funded and keep you ready.
GUARDIAN platform
GUARDIAN: from security gaps to grant funding.
GUARDIAN is our secure online platform. Your team turns your assessment findings into a costed security plan and a stronger NSGP application, then tracks every deadline and award milestone in one place.
A full year of GUARDIAN, on us.
Every SafetySync vulnerability assessment comes with 12 months of GUARDIAN for your team. We load your findings, you build your application, and your SafetySync advisor reviews it right inside the platform.
Keep going after the first year for $300 annually.
Request an assessment →GUARDIAN Keeper
Your safety plan, always one question away.
GUARDIAN Keeper is like having your most experienced safety volunteer on call at all times. Your team asks a question in everyday words and gets the answer from your own plan in seconds.
"Where do we go if we have to leave during service?"
"A child is missing from the nursery. What do we do first?"
"Where is the nearest AED to the gym?"
Keeper works best paired with a SafetySync assessment. Your findings become the first thing it knows.
How we work
A clear path from first call to defensible report.
Discovery call
Free 30-minute conversation about your site, what you protect, and your timeline.
On-site walkthrough
Investigator-led assessment of every zone, aligned to current FEMA and CISA preparedness frameworks.
Documented report
Prioritized findings mapped to mitigations. Qualifies as supporting evidence for NSGP and insurance.
Ongoing advisory
Investment Justification review, program development, training support as needed.
Why SafetySync
Federal-grade rigor at nonprofit scale.
SafetySync brings 21+ years of operational law enforcement and national security experience, applied to small and mid-size organizations that need defensible documentation without enterprise overhead.
Operational law enforcement and national security, including criminal investigations and counterterrorism work.
Graduate of the FBI National Academy.
FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force experience.
Testified more than 60 times in federal court, including 10 times as an expert witness.
Graduate of the Criminal Investigator Training Program, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Certified in post-blast investigation.
Iraq War combat veteran.
Our method
Aligned with ISO 22316.
ISO 22316 is the international guidance standard for organizational resilience: the ability to absorb and adapt to change and keep meeting your objectives. Our assessments look past locks and cameras to the nine attributes it identifies.
ISO 22316 provides guidance and does not certify organizations. SafetySync is not affiliated with ISO.
- 01Clear purpose: everyone knows what you protect and why
- 02Knows its risks: people, places, assets, and threats
- 03Accountable leaders who own safety and back it with authority
- 04A speak-up culture where concerns are raised early
- 05Open dialogue that gets concerns to the right people
- 06Ready resources: people, tools, and budget in place
- 07Unified teams working from one playbook
- 08Always improving: lessons learned become better practice
- 09Adapts to change: ready for turnover, growth, and disruption
Free tools
Start on your own, in minutes.
See where your facility stands.
Answer eight quick questions and get a sample security risk score for your building. No account needed.
Get my sample score →See if you qualify for security grant funding.
A five-minute screen for 501(c)(3) organizations and houses of worship, with a printable result and next steps.
Check eligibility →From the blog
Plain-English guidance.
What Does a Security Vulnerability Assessment Cost?
What a security vulnerability assessment really costs, what drives the price, and how the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) can reimburse it for eligible nonprofits.
Read the article
The next NSGP window is coming. Here's what funded organizations do before it opens.
Virginia's FY2026 window was only 10 days. Five things to do now so you're ready to submit, not scramble.
Read the article
Your safety plan is only as good as the person who remembers it.
What happens when the volunteer who wrote your plan leaves, and how GUARDIAN Keeper keeps it ready the moment you need it.
Read the articleStraight answers
Before the first call.
What makes a SafetySync assessment different?
Our lead practitioner is a public safety expert and former FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force member with 21+ years of operational law enforcement experience. We look at your site the way someone looking for vulnerabilities would, then document it the way a reviewer, insurer, or board expects to read it. Methodology aligns to current FEMA and CISA preparedness frameworks, not generic vendor checklists.
What's an insider risk program?
A structured approach to identifying and responding to threats from people inside your organization (employees, volunteers, contractors) before an incident occurs. It includes policy frameworks, behavioral indicators, detection workflows, response protocols, and recurring training. SafetySync builds programs scaled for small and mid-size organizations without enterprise-size overhead.
Can NSGP pay for the vulnerability assessment?
Not for the assessment you submit with your application. NSGP requires every applicant to include a current vulnerability assessment, but under FEMA's pre-award cost rules the cost of producing it is generally not reimbursable. In Virginia, VDEM's guidance explicitly excludes pre-award costs. Our Virginia NSGP guide covers who qualifies and where to apply. Grant funds can cover other allowable work during the award period (planning, target hardening, training, physical security improvements), and may be able to fund a new or updated assessment commissioned after award for a future NSGP cycle. Confirm with your State Administrative Agency before building any assessment cost into your budget.
Who should get an assessment?
Any organization with a duty of care, premises liability, OSHA general-duty obligations, or insurance requirements, which is most of them. Businesses, houses of worship, schools, nonprofits, community centers, and cultural institutions all benefit from documented, defensible security posture.
What is ISO 22316?
ISO 22316 is the international guidance standard for organizational resilience. It describes nine attributes of a resilient organization, from leadership and culture to resources and the ability to manage change. SafetySync uses those attributes to look beyond physical security at how your organization prepares, responds, and recovers. It is guidance, not a certification.
How does GUARDIAN fit in?
GUARDIAN is our secure online platform. Your team signs in, works from your assessment findings, and builds its Investment Justification with scoring that follows the current FEMA process. After an award, GUARDIAN tracks your milestones and sends deadline reminders. Every SafetySync assessment includes 12 months of GUARDIAN, and you can renew for $300 a year to cover the next cycle and post-award tracking. See how GUARDIAN works →
What is GUARDIAN Keeper?
GUARDIAN Keeper is like having your most experienced safety volunteer on call at all times. We load your safety plan, floor maps, team list, and SafetySync assessment onto a small private computer that stays in your building. Your team types a question in everyday words, such as "where do we go if we have to leave during service?", and gets the answer in seconds, along with where it came from in your plan. No tech skills needed: we set it up and train your team, and your team keeps it current. See what Keeper can do →
Documented defense.
Before the incident.
Start with a free 30-minute consultation. Tell us about your organization, what you're protecting, and where you want your security posture to be a year from now.