Namibia Security & Safety Conference and Expo
DeepAlert recently joined Sentinel View at the Namibia Security & Safety Conference and Expo in Windhoek, bringing together security professionals, technology providers and industry stakeholders from across the region.
For us, events like this are valuable for a simple reason: they put us in the room with the people dealing with surveillance challenges every day.
Much of the conversation in Windhoek focused on how surveillance operations can use technology more effectively without necessarily replacing the infrastructure they already have.
Camera estates continue to grow, but adding more cameras also means more events for operators to review. The challenge is no longer simply capturing footage. It is identifying which activity actually requires attention and getting that information to the right person quickly.
That is where AI video analytics is increasingly playing a practical role.
The conversations in Namibia were also a useful reminder that surveillance environments rarely look like a technology demonstration.
Camera estates contain different manufacturers, different generations of hardware and different operating conditions. Sites have their own connectivity constraints, environmental challenges and operational requirements.
Video analytics therefore has to perform outside controlled conditions. DeepAlert has been developed to detect people and vehicles across challenging environments, including low-resolution footage, adverse weather conditions and considerable distances.
But detection is only part of the job. What matters operationally is whether the technology helps the monitoring team make a faster, better-informed decision when something happens.
The conference gave DeepAlert and our reseller, Sentinel View the opportunity to discuss these challenges directly with people working across the Namibian security industry.
Rather than conversations about AI for AI’s sake, the focus was on practical questions: where can analytics reduce unnecessary operator workload? How can existing cameras do more? And how can surveillance teams identify genuine threats without simply adding more alarms to the queue?
A big thank you to Deon van der Walt from Sentinel View for having DeepAlert alongside them, and to everyone who took the time to meet the team and share their experiences.
It was great to spend time with the Namibian security community, and we look forward to continuing the conversations throughout the year.
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