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Secure Logiq is pleased to announce the appointment of Hossam Abouzeid as Business Development Manager for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. By appointing Hossam Abouzeid, a dedicated and experienced professional, Secure Logiq is not only reinforcing its presence in the Middle East but also supporting clients with expert guidance. Key role in Secure Logiq Abouzeid brings over seven years of experience in the security and surveillance industry, having previously worked with pioneering security systems distributor ZMR in Saudi Arabia. His deep understanding of the market, coupled with strong industry relationships, positions him to play a key role in Secure Logiq’s continued growth in the region. Secure Logiq product portfolio Secure Logiq entered the Middle East market in 2022 and has since experienced significant growth “I am honoured to be part of a team that is pioneering innovation in this space,” said Abouzeid. “In this new role, I am excited to leverage my experience and connections to bring Secure Logiq’s high-performance, reliable and cost-effective solutions to the region." "I am looking forward to driving success, fostering partnerships and contributing to safer, smarter communities! Projects here are immense and I am certain that the Secure Logiq product portfolio is perfectly positioned to offer the very best engine to any hyper scale electronic security solution.” Brand awareness and public trust Secure Logiq entered the Middle East market in 2022 and has since experienced significant growth. Speaking at Intersec, Middle East Regional Director Anand Subbiah highlighted the company’s achievements: “In 2024, we had a very good year, not just in terms of sales, but also in brand awareness and public trust." "We’re looking forward to 2025 as a strong growth year to further establish Secure Logiq across the region.” Secure Logiq’s continued growth With a growing footprint in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and beyond, Secure Logiq continues to establish itself as the pioneering provider of high-performance security hardware. "We are thrilled to welcome Hossam to the team,” said Ben Yoxall, Commercial Director of Secure Logiq. “We look forward to the positive impact he will bring to Secure Logiq’s continued growth and the overall security landscape in the Middle East."

Last year was a landmark year for Secure Logiq, defined by a thriving partnership with Milestone Systems. Together, the two companies accomplished remarkable achievements, showcasing innovation and strengthening the synergy between Secure Logiq’s industry-pioneering hardware and Milestone’s advanced XProtect software. Range of hardware solutions The year began with a strong presence at Intersec Dubai in January, where Secure Logiq joined Milestone Systems to showcase a range of hardware solutions designed specifically for Milestone XProtect. At the same event, Secure Logiq launched a new line of servers and workstations tailored for XProtect Rapid REVIEW, powered by BriefCam. These milestones set the tone for what would become a year full of collaborative success. Power of Milestone Systems Secure Logiq joined forces with Seagate Technology to highlight the power of Milestone Systems April and May saw Secure Logiq hosting its largest stand yet at The Security Event in Birmingham, featuring Milestone and other key technology partners demonstrating a live, seamless “cause and effect” integration. Additionally, Secure Logiq joined forces with Seagate Technology to highlight the power of Milestone Systems running on Secure Logiq hardware with Seagate SAN storage. Secure Logiq’s Milestone-verified servers Throughout the year, the partnership extended globally, with Secure Logiq showcasing its solutions at multiple Milestone Xperience events, including in Dubai, Istanbul and Riyadh. These appearances underscored how Secure Logiq’s Milestone-verified servers deliver reliable, efficient and seamless support for all levels of XProtect. Milestone’s Product and Supply Chain teams Secure Logiq deepened its alliance with Milestone by visiting its center in Brøndby In September, Secure Logiq deepened its collaboration with Milestone by visiting its headquarters in Brøndby, Denmark. This visit offered an opportunity to engage with Milestone’s Product and Supply Chain teams, further solidifying the relationship and paving the way for future innovation. From Intersec Saudi Arabia to Milestone’s Xperience Days, Secure Logiq demonstrated throughout the year how its solutions optimise the performance of Milestone’s software. Foundation for future success The results of this partnership have not only driven technological advancements but also strengthened the foundation for future success. Reflecting on the collaboration, Robin Hughes, Co-Founder of Secure Logiq, said: "Our collaboration with Milestone Systems has been incredible - from launching new solutions to participating in global events, 2024 was the year for powerful partnerships. We are excited to continue this journey together in 2025."

Secure Logiq is proud to announce a strategic partnership with IDIS unveiled at Intersec 2025. This new alliance is set to deliver advanced surveillance solutions for critical infrastructure, mega-projects, and demanding enterprise applications across the Middle East. Performance and efficiency Renowned for its specialised server technology for HD surveillance applications, Secure Logiq is set to enhance the performance and efficiency of IDIS’s end-to-end video surveillance solutions. Responding to the growing demand for hybrid surveillance solutions in the region, this partnership formalises years of collaboration between the two firms and is set to unlock up to 40% savings on video storage hardware stacks, offering significant value to users in sectors ranging from oil and gas to banking and critical infrastructure. VMS, IDIS Solution Suite Robin Hughes, Co-Founder of Secure Logiq, highlighted the synergy between the two companies, “We have been delighted with the collaboration between our product management teams testing IDIS’s feature-rich VMS, IDIS Solution Suite, deployed on Secure Logiq’s powerful H series servers." "Hundreds of real-time full HD video streams were recorded to a single server while barely impacting system resources. This pairing of leading software and hardware technologies offers the perfect solution for the large-scale enterprise CCTV projects we are seeing in the Middle East.” Customer-specific video solutions Dennis Choi, General Manager of IDIS Middle East & Africa, echoed this enthusiasm, “Both our companies have a strong presence in the Middle East and a track record of delivering customer-specific specialist video solutions for demanding applications, including those with 90-days-plus storage requirements." "Our collaboration with Secure Logiq will strengthen our presence in the region and benefit many more users."  Edge AI Camera Plus range In addition to this partnership, IDIS is unveiling its new Edge AI Camera Plus range, featuring advanced AI video analytics designed to enhance vigilance and operational efficiency. These cameras include tools like automatic image cropping, attribute search, and deep learning analytics for real-time detection of critical events such as crowd detection, abandoned objects, and violence. Visitors at Intersec 2025, taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre from January 14-16, can learn more about this exciting collaboration at Stand S1-G40 (Secure Logiq) and Stand S1-H23 (IDIS). 

Supply chain issues have plagued the economic recovery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the problems show every indication of persisting for months or even years to come. Supply chain challenges have impacted the security marketplace in many ways, reflecting the breadth and variety of products needed to secure people, facilities, and assets. Wondering about the specifics of that impact, we asked this week’s Expert Panel Roundtable: How does disruption of the global supply chain of components impact players across the security industry?

Prices and delivery times for essential components in CCTV systems are being driven up as demand soars from other industries. Secure Logiq’s Robin Hughes explains the current state of the market. Challenges Component shortages and supply chain challenges are a hot topic in just about every industry based on semi-conductors and silicon chips right now, and security is no exception. It’s common knowledge that the global Covid lockdown caused a shutdown in the mining of silicon and spherites as large industries such as motor manufacturing cancelled or postponed their chip orders – this has caused a supply gap that every industry is feeling. However, there is a second challenge that is hitting the security sector particularly hard, and it may not be one you are expecting – cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies and security When people discuss cryptocurrencies and security, thoughts often turn to cybersecurity and ransomware payment tracking. But the issue for the majority of the security industry comes from crypto mining. When it comes to cryptocurrencies, GPUs are intrinsic for ‘proof of work’ mining GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) are a key component in CCTV, they decode images and display them onto screens. With the increase of video analytics, these have also become key to running the complicated algorithms required for creating the metadata and presenting it in a meaningful way for end-users. However, when it comes to cryptocurrencies, GPUs are intrinsic for ‘proof of work’ mining. Demand for GPUs When Bitcoin prices were relatively low, it was hard to justify the cost of a GPU and the associated power consumption for Bitcoin mining applications. But as the price of Bitcoin has increased exponentially, demand for GPUs to do the number-crunching has grown dramatically causing a major shortage and huge price hikes. This rise in prices is not correlated with an increase in technological performance on the new GPUs, it is entirely a case of demand outstripping supply and a resulting bidding war. To put this in context, cards are currently going new for around twice the original price and manufacturers simply cannot keep up with the demand. Chia On top of this, there is a new cryptocurrency creating a new threat to a different part of the CCTV industry. A new ‘environmental’ cryptocurrency called Chia has dispensed with the processing power and electricity demands of traditional GPU mining, instead of utilising the spare storage space on hard drives (HDD) to verify blockchain transactions (‘proof of space’). The demand for this particular cryptocurrency has to date called on 30 Exabytes of storage since May this year – that’s 30 Billion Gigabytes of data, and it’s not just HDDs, high-capacity SSDs are also in demand. This is causing massive hard drive supply issues globally, thus rocketing prices for those that are available. HDD consumption The security industry sits comfortably in the ‘Big data’ category and with storage retention times running from 30 days to 6 months Of course, this has a particularly large knock-on for the CCTV market. There is nothing more data-intensive than video, other than multiple streams of HD video. With this in mind, the security industry sits comfortably in the ‘Big data’ category and with storage retention times running from 30 days typically up to 6 months and longer in some regions/applications, the CCTV market consumes more HDDs than many other markets. Growth of data centres While you would think that this would make security an important area for HDD manufacturers, our market is a relatively small player. IT vendors will always focus on their core customers, and the rise of the gaming market, as well as the growth of data centres due to remote working in the pandemic, has created a more important sector to serve – and these customers will always come first. Imagine the daily storage space required if 5 Billion people uploaded just one image a day to ‘the cloud’! Component manufacturers These factors combined with the lack of raw materials leading to longer lead times for component manufacturers mean that the prices for hard drives and GPUs are likely to remain inflated well into 2022 while factories play catch up on the backlog. The market for IT hardware is currently strong enough to continue even with the increase in component prices and the extended lead times for products. If you can get your hands on any HDDs, the delivery times from most distributors are around 6-8 weeks. Increased delivery times All of this has had a serious impact on the security industry. CCTV projects are now facing the combined issue of increased delivery times and higher costs. Many manufacturers, integrators, and distributors are doing their best to absorb the price increases where they can, but this is unsustainable over the long term. So what can be done? Second-hand applications Some people are getting more creative by purchasing from the second-hand market Some people are getting more creative by purchasing from the second-hand market. However, it is unlikely that commercial applications will be willing to risk potential downtime or data losses by using second-hand components that have been pushed hard for months on end mining cryptocurrencies. Making early purchases While I can’t comment on what other manufacturers have done, at Secure Logiq we have been watching this market trend closely. We always try to keep a close eye on anything that has the potential to significantly impact our manufacturing capabilities and try to offset any potential challenges with early purchases before the impact is fully felt. As such, we have been able to secure enough products to continue manufacturing as normal for more than six months. Increased demand as a challenge While we have this existing stock to meet current and anticipated orders, we continue to scour the market for any available stock to make sure we are at the top of the list when any fresh products come on the market. This has meant that throughout our 10-year history we have never failed to deliver a customer order within 7-10 working days. The delays with component manufacture and the ongoing increased demand will continue to present a huge challenge to the CCTV and wider security industry. However, good planning and intelligent design will allow projects to remain on track. Security technology manufacturers are not alone in this challenge, but the dual-threat is perhaps unique. It will take a while for this threat to be overcome, but with robust planning and by paying close attention to the market forward-thinking CCTV manufacturers can still deliver projects for their clients.