The trailblazing solutions strengthening airport security

Integrated surveillance and AI-enabled video analytics for safer airports and passengers in Saudi Arabia, by MVP Tech – A Convergint Company.

The aviation sector is crucial to Saudi Arabia’s growth and global reputation as an economic powerhouse.

According to a recent IATA report, it currently supports 500K+ jobs and adds US$36.5b to the Kingdom’s GDP. Over the next two decades, it will add US$82.3b of GDP and 1.2 million jobs.

Considering the sector’s present and future economic value, Saudi Arabia is understandably focusing on its strategic expansion and transformation.

Based on its Vision 2030 plan, the Kingdom aims to expand its aviation infrastructure.

But, as Saudi Arabia adds more airports and these transportation hubs become busier, they will face more security threats.

These threats may undermine crew and passenger safety and jeopardise the country’s national security.

To effectively counter these threats and protect its critical infrastructure, it’s important to look beyond traditional, stand-alone security systems.

Authorities need to deploy advanced, centralised surveillance systems coupled with AI capabilities.

These trailblazing solutions will strengthen airport security operations and enhance the experiences of passengers passing through or visiting this vibrant jewel of the Middle East.

The drawbacks of traditional security systems

Traditional surveillance like CCTV systems add to the capabilities of human guards, making them indispensable to monitor airport premises and people. However, this approach necessitates manual reviews of camera output.

Large teams are needed to manually check and analyse the surveillance camera feeds in order to keep an eye on airport premises and people.

This effort is time-consuming and increases the risk that teams will miss or ignore a real threat.

Furthermore, these traditional systems don’t necessarily improve teams’ situational awareness.

If anything, the huge avalanche of data that they produce 24/7/365 slow down incident and emergency response, making it harder for personnel to proactively address threats, seriously compromising airport security and public safety.

Advancing airport security with integrated surveillance

Modern, unified surveillance systems eliminate the challenges of traditional camera systems.

These new innovations seamlessly integrate large numbers of “smart” cameras that provide 360-degree views and monitor the entire airport perimeter 24×7 to eliminate blind spots and improve teams’ situational awareness.

With AI-powered video analytics capabilities, the system can auto-analyse incoming feeds using advanced techniques like machine learning, object detection and facial recognition.

It then generates useful, actionable, real-time insights that are readily available on a user-friendly, visually rich dashboards.

These insights enable security personnel to effortlessly monitor various airport zones, arrivals, dispatchers, unidentified objects and choke points. They can also monitor suspicious objects, activities and persons whilst also identifying illegal/suspicious incursions into off-limits areas.

Most importantly, with fast information available in real-time and on-demand, they can quickly execute appropriate measures to mitigate threats and improve passenger and staff safety.

Integrated surveillance systems also help airport managers. They can use the real-time insights and centralised security platforms to identify crowded areas and dynamically adjust resource allocation.

By assigning more staff based on real-time situational data, they can minimise congestion, streamline passenger processing and enhance passenger safety and experiences.

Strengthening Saudi Arabia’s position as a global leader in airport security technology

Convergint MEA is an expert systems integrator for airport surveillance systems.

Bringing over 20 years of experience, our experts and technologies can re-shape the future of aviation in Saudi Arabia and support the Kingdom’s vision of becoming a global leader in adopting advanced airport security technologies.

We are experienced at building, customising and integrating AI-enabled surveillance ecosystems that provide complete coverage of airport perimeters and premises.

In addition, our security deployments generate real-time insights that enhance situational awareness of security teams and improve emergency responsiveness to make Saudi airports smarter and safer.