Blog
Notes from the workshop floor.
Market, technology, brand. Written by Dr. Raphael Nagel and the team. Published when something needs to be said.
December 20, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Security as Code: Platform Thinking for Physical Defense
The same logic that makes a software platform durable makes a physical-security platform durable. Modules, interfaces, deprecations, upgrades. A platform reading of physical security.
December 17, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Layered Perimeter Security on an Industrial Site: A Working Architecture
Four layers, four jobs, one logic. We describe a perimeter architecture you can actually buy, deploy, and verify, with the dependencies between layers spelled out.
December 7, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
NIST 800-53 Physical Security Controls: What Operators Actually Implement
The control catalogue is long. The deployments are short. A practitioner reading of the PE family and what falls out of it in real industrial buildouts.
December 1, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Reducing False Alarms in AI CCTV: The Two Techniques That Actually Work
Multichannel confirmation and contextual filtering. Two methods, both well-understood in industrial settings, both rarely deployed correctly. A practical playbook.
November 30, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Spanish Ley PIC vs Portuguese RNSCC: Two Iberian Models Compared
Ley PIC Spain, RNSCC Portugal, ANSSI parallel. Iberia two critical-infrastructure regimes side by side.
November 28, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Security Robots at ADNOC: HSE Manual, Permit to Work, and Hard Integration
ADNOC HSE manual, Code of Practice, OSHAD. What gets a robot through gate at an Abu Dhabi upstream site.
November 25, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Critical Infrastructure in Belgium: Electrabel, Engie, and the FANC Nuclear Reality
FANC nuclear regulator, Doel and Tihange plants, BIPT telecommunications. Belgium as a concentrated CI footprint.
November 23, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Extreme Heat and Security Robots in the Gulf: 55C Operating Reality
Sustained 50-55C operating envelopes, sand intrusion, IEC 60529 IP-X testing. The Gulf is not Europe with sun.
November 22, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
UK Construction Theft 2026: FJCRC Data and the Insurance Response
Federation of Master Builders and trade insurer data, regional theft hotspots, insurer-mandated controls. The UK theft picture.
November 19, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
AI Video Analytics in France: CNIL Guidance and the JO 2024 Precedent
CNIL stance on AI cameras, JO 2024 exceptional powers, post-event normalization. Where France sets European precedent.
November 8, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
Critical Infrastructure in the Netherlands: NCTV, Vital Sectors, and the Rotterdam Test
NCTV, Wet Beveiliging Netwerk- en Informatiesystemen, Rotterdam port and Eindhoven semiconductor sector. Two crown jewels under pressure.
November 4, 2025 · Dr. Raphael Nagel
AI Video Analytics Under Saudi PDPL: The SDAIA Framework in Practice
Saudi PDPL, SDAIA implementing regulations, biometric data carve-outs. What a security analytics deployment must document.