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2023 Intersec Awards recognise innovation and contributions to industry

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The winners of the highly anticipated 2023 Intersec Awards were unveiled at a prestigious ceremony at the Ritz Carlton, DIFC, Dubai on 18 January.

The Awards, which recognise the people, products and companies for exceptional performance in the fire, safety and security industries across ten categories attracted almost 1300 entries.

Event Media Partners, International Security Journal and International Fire and Safety Journal, were proud to attend the awards ceremony and celebrate excellence in the security, fire and safety industries.

The People categories reward those who challenge industry standards, are exceptionally skilled at inspiring transformation and bringing about substantial change and who have achieved great success as industry experts in their particular field.

The award for Outstanding Commitment to the Industry went to Adil Abdel-Hadi of Aman Security Training, who has proactively raised the professionalism of the security industry throughout the Middle East and Africa. One way in which he has achieved this was by introducing City & Guilds accredited training courses for both the Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA) and the Dubai Police Academy, which have benefited over 200,000 vocational students.

Speaking at the ceremony, Abdel-Hadi described his win as “Overwhelming”, adding: “I am very honoured to receive it. It’s been wonderful.” He also acknowledged fellow nominees and the organisers, referencing their “commitment and support to the industry for the past 20 years.”

Other winners in the people category included Les Allan, Chairman of the Association of University Chief Security Officers who was named International Leader of the Year; while Khalid Al Khatib, CEO of NAFFCO was selected as Regional Leader of the Year.

Essa Ahmed Al-Mutawa of Dubai Civil Defence was hailed as a rising star, receiving the Young Emirati Achiever Award. Al-Mutawa said: “I feel extremely honoured to receive the award, it will help me try to think positively and to give more to my work and company.

“And I would like to thank everyone who works for this great event.”

Homeland Security Product of the Year went to D-Fend Solutions for its EnforceAir counter-drone technology, while OPTEX REDSCAN pro Lidar series from OPTEX Europe won Commercial and Perimeter Security Product of the Year.

Secure Logiq was recognised for its efforts in offsetting the carbon of the electronic security manufacturing sector with the trophy for Security Sustainability Service of the Year; the award for Cybersecurity Service of the Year went to Atos for the AI platform powered managed detection and response services – Alsaac.

Fire and Safety Sustainability Product of the Year recognised the Eco Land and Eco Sea products from Detectionloop and Fire Product of the Year was presented to Protec Cirrus HYBRID Aspirating Fire and Smoke Detector from Protec Fire Detection.

Data-analytics platform chnnl, designed to help organisations create meaningful well-being and psychological safety strategies won Safety Product of the Year, while a special award for Excellence in Community Service and Wellbeing was presented to Dubai Police for its Lost and Found service that takes advantage of AI and digital technologies.

“Security, safety and fire protection play a vital role in the world, and the stars of the industries deserve to be celebrated,” said Alex Nicholl, show director at Messe Frankfurt Middle East. He continued: “The calibre of entries for the Intersec Awards this year was incredible, demonstrating the commitment and innovation of people and companies to driving advancement across the board.

“It is an honour to reward and celebrate these achievements and I send my congratulations to all of our winners.”

To see the full list of winners, visit the website

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