Is the article title an exaggeration? One might think...but its absolutely fact. Think about the things that we have been led to believe keep us secure: Alarms, cameras, access control, fences, gunshot detection, law enforcement, security guards, and I could go on. My question is: Do they really keep us secure? Let's use schools as an example. Schools have (with maybe the exception of gunshot detection) ALL of the things that we have been sold on believing will keep us secure - but do they? We still have acts-of-mass-violence in schools, regularly, and victims counts don't really improve. Regardless, this proves that the things that we have been led to believe keep us secure do not work - at all!
Here's the deal: You could give me $1MM to secure even a small business and I could attempt to do it with fencing, a guard access station, cameras, laser perimeters, etc and, in the end, all of this stuff collectively wouldn't stop a threat. Why? Because threats are typically ok, and/or approved, to be inside. They are employee's, customers, etc and, as a result, will easily get by all of this security.
So, what does keep us secure? Being ready and prepared to respond when all of these other things fail. It comes down, ultimately, to people. People understanding that the things that we think will keep us secure, will not and, as a result, doing sopmething about it - preparing themselves, their kids, and families to respond appropriately under the most chaotic of situations.
Stay with me there's a ton more to digest in our quest to become truly secure.