SAMI-AEC HEMA Surveillance System: Enhancing Command and Control (C2) Capabilities Across Military and Civilian Applications
As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia transforms into a global trade hub, with deep cultural roots and a strategic geographic location, the nation is building a strong reputation for developing advanced products and systems that support key sectors such as defense, energy, security, and digital services. Saudi Vision 2030 focuses on driving major social and economic reforms while advancing defense manufacturing and the localization of technology. These reforms include:
Bringing these ambitions to life requires robust systems that integrate command, communication, and control technologies for seamless monitoring of roads, stadiums, entertainment parks, border zones, environmental conservation areas, pilgrimage sites, and mining locations. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is seeing rapid progress in transformative projects such as NEOM and the Red Sea development, valued at over $500 billion. These projects require reliable surveillance and real-time safety solutions to support efficient execution and national value across economic, social, and environmental fronts.
HEMA Surveillance System: Advanced Security for Borders and Critical Infrastructure
The HEMA Surveillance System was developed by SAMI-AEC as a powerful Command and Control (C2) platform that delivers intuitive intelligence and operational control to military teams, government agencies, and security operators. Designed for full-scale monitoring of military zones, sensitive areas, and civilian operations, the system brings together surveillance, tracking, communication, and emergency response under one integrated solution. It is designed to deliver:
Meeting the Security Needs of National Projects and Sectors
The HEMA Surveillance System helps improve efficiency, awareness, and decision-making across some of Saudi Arabia’s most important infrastructure and development zones. Its flexibility allows it to be used across a wide range of applications including urban development, environmental protection, wildlife conservation, law enforcement, traffic and waste management, and counter-sabotage operations. Key examples include:
NEOM: This futuristic smart city in Tabuk aims to bring together sustainability, quality of life, and world-class innovation. HEMA can be installed across NEOM to help with site-wide monitoring, intrusion prevention, personnel and commando safety, threat detection, and overall security management.
Strategic Trade Location: Positioned between Asia and Europe, Saudi Arabia plays a key role in regional and global trade. But this also exposes its infrastructure and assets to external threats. HEMA provides advanced intelligence and reconnaissance support to help monitor and protect trade operations and territory.
Wildlife Conservation: With rapid urbanization in the region, Saudi Arabia is working hard to preserve biodiversity. HEMA helps monitor protected zones, prevent illegal hunting and overgrazing, reduce deforestation, and support the tracking of endangered species. The National Center for Wildlife Conservation and Development manages 15 protected areas, including habitats for gazelles, houbara bustards, Arabian leopards, griffon vultures, and Arabian oryx. In these efforts, HEMA offers vital real-time protection.
Border Security and Stability: As Saudi Arabia continues its journey toward Vision 2030, national stability and secure borders are essential. HEMA is contributing to border protection by providing high-level surveillance, detection, and early warning capabilities.
Oil and Gas Infrastructure: As one of the world’s largest oil producers and home to Saudi Aramco, the Kingdom has a vast network of pipelines and refineries. Securing this infrastructure is critical for national growth and energy stability. HEMA supports this effort with dependable monitoring and situational awareness.
Strategic Importance
A Fully Integrated C2 System: Unlike traditional systems that address surveillance, communication, and response separately, HEMA brings all of these functions into one unified flow. It enables real-time threat detection, fast response coordination, and incident data capture in a seamless and continuous process.
Designed for Multi-Sector Use: Most command and control systems around the world are built for defense alone. SAMI-AEC’s HEMA breaks this convention. It is tailored for use in defense, energy, construction, mining, environmental protection, and civic safety. The system features a flexible core architecture that can be adapted for various use cases and customized for preventive or corrective action.
Aligned with National Priorities: As a center for pilgrimage, logistics, and industrial innovation, Saudi Arabia’s progress depends on the safety of its people and infrastructure. HEMA helps deliver the intelligence needed to protect the Kingdom’s efforts as it builds a future focused on economic, social, and environmental transformation.
With an unwavering commitment to realizing Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is actively embedding best-in-class technology solutions and tools across enterprises and industries. Transitioning towards a digitally enabled nation presents a plethora of threats to cyberspace — cumulatively 110 million threats being detected in 2022. [1] Saudi Arabia is committed to cybersecurity, garnering second rank globally in commitment to cybersecurity. 73% of Saudi Arabia’s organizations reported cyber threats have emerged as a top concern in KSA. [2] Strikingly, organizations have expressed grief and concerns about cloud-related threats (70%) and attacks on connected devices (67%). In a bid to combat these vulnerabilities, 73% of organizations are prioritizing digital and technology-related risks. [2] To this end, Saudi Arabia is making significant efforts to advance the cybersecurity landscape by introducing numerous cybersecurity programs, training, and education resources.
Saudi Arabia's Strategic Efforts to Enhance Cybersecurity: [2]
In Saudi Arabia, 62% prioritize optimizing current technology and investments, followed by 54% focusing on new business initiatives, and 46% addressing remediation after cyber breaches.
Despite Saudi Arabia's investments in digital tools, labs, academies, and technologies to upskill its workforce, there is a concern about the immediate cyber talent shortage. According to our 2024 Global Digital Trust Report, 70% of Saudi respondents prioritize identifying the right candidates, while 60% focus on rapidly upskilling the current workforce to meet organizational demands.
In Saudi Arabia, 40% prioritize harmonized cyber and data protection laws (vs. 36% globally). An equal number believe in shifting liability for cyber failures to companies like device makers and software firms. Additionally, 37% demand regulatory requirements for operational resilience.
A Cybersecurity Imperative for KSA’s Modern Enterprises
As cyberattacks are becoming more pervasive, faster, and ingenious, the need for collaboration as an extension of an organization’s team is becoming more apparent. This is critical to ensure holistic security, maximize productivity, and safeguard current investments.
An incessant rise in cyberattack volumes can be attributed to remote working means businesses. Evidently, 2.47 breaches on average have been reported per organization. 94% mentioned suffering from a material breach, and 84% stated attacks spiraled due to remote working. [3] Erratic employees’ behavior is crafting blind spots and dark corners in the cybersec landscape. What's more, CISOs proclaim that perceiving third-party apps has been serving as an open end for organizations’ exposure to data breaches. [3] A significant portion of CISOs put forth the need for enhanced visibility over data and apps to avert attacks. It is critical to embed contextual security to stay on the edge of data security through the application lifecycle. Skills shortage is propelling organizations (42%) to outsource cybersecurity functions. [4] Along these lines, organizations can benefit from Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, offering security operations center (SOC) functions remotely, [5] to safeguard digital assets and sustain stakeholders’ trust. Leveraging proactive threat disruption and containment techniques, MDR promotes swift threat detection, analysis, investigation, and response. Combining a range of cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies, managed services offer 360-degree threat hunting and incident management, improving business productivity while minimizing threats.
SAMI-AEC Managed Detection and Response
SAMI-AEC Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has emerged as a regional leader, enabling organizations across Saudi Arabia to curtail cyber risks. As a vendor-agnostic threat solution, SAMI-AEC MDR seamlessly manages alerts, provides better visibility into threats, and optimizes security programs. With comprehensive assessments, penetration testing, and evaluation of cloud infrastructure, SAMI-AEC fortifies organization’s data in the cloud environment; preventing breaches, leakage, and deletion. It empowers organizations across the Kingdom with extensive SeOps teams offering round-the-clock threat monitoring for malicious activities. Ensuring the deployment of cutting-edge tools, enabling organizations to focus on strategic operations. Consequently, organizations can effortlessly navigate the threats looming on the cyberspace, minimizing costs, optimizing inefficiencies, and addressing issues including alert fatigue and employee burnout.
Unleashing Proactive Threat Detection and Mitigation for KSA Organizations
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SAMI-AEC's MDR empowers organizations across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to protect and enhance existing cybersecurity investments, practice proactive security to reinforce defenses, and continuously improve security operations. Combining a range of state-of-the-art technologies and human strength, SAMI-AEC offers continuous monitoring coupled with threat detection, response, and remediation. This ensures a well-guarded digital environment for Saudi Arabia’s organizations, allowing them to rapidly detect and respond to cyber threats without needing additional internal resources.
