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Notes from the workshop floor.
Market, technology, brand. Written by Dr. Raphael Nagel and the team. Published when something needs to be said.
May 25, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
GCC Aviation Security: GCAA, GACA and ICAO Convergence
GCAA UAE, GACA Saudi, and ICAO Annex 17 alignment explained. How Gulf aviation authorities harmonize security standards across the region.
May 23, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
AI Video Analytics for RTA Dubai: Traffic Meets Security
RTA-managed corridors, smart pole infrastructure, AI as joint traffic-security signal. Where public and private overlap in Dubai.
May 21, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Security Robots at DEWA: Utility Perimeter
DEWA Generation, Hassyan, Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park. How autonomous security extends across one of the world largest utility footprints.
May 18, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
CWA 15793 Construction Site Security: The Unread Standard
CEN Workshop Agreement 15793, normative recommendations, real adoption patterns. A standard with no teeth but useful framework.
May 14, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
GCC Water Security: Desalination Under Pressure
SWCC Saudi, EWEC UAE, KAHRAMAA Qatar. Why desalination is the single most concentrated piece of GCC critical infrastructure.
May 13, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Critical Infrastructure in Austria: BVT, DSN, Coordination
Direktion Staatsschutz und Nachrichtendienst, the federal-state split, and Voestalpine and OMV as priority operators: how Austria coordinates CI protection.
May 12, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Italian Port Security: Genoa, Trieste & La Spezia
Italian port theft patterns, NATO-relevant logistics, Mediterranean smuggling corridors. The strategic case for hardened port perimeters.
May 11, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
EU AI Act and Physical Security: The Article 6 Test
EU AI Act, Article 6 high-risk classification, perimeter analytics in/out. Where security AI lands on the risk matrix.
May 8, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Security Robots in Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030 & NEOM
Saudi NCA, HCIS, NEOM smart city plans. Where autonomous security fits in a kingdom rebuilding industry from scratch.
May 4, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Critical Infrastructure UAE: TDRA, NESA & the Regulator Map
TDRA, NESA replaced by CSC, federal vs emirate split. The actual map of who governs what in UAE physical security.
May 1, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Poland Construction Boom and Site Security
CEPiK data, regional construction growth, theft-prevention market gaps. A growing market with an undeveloped security stack.
March 18, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Mobile Video Surveillance 2026: Rentals vs CapEx
Mobile surveillance as a finance decision. Lease, rent, capex, hybrid. Four models, twelve break-even scenarios, one honest answer.