The spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation has held a seminar in Toledo to discuss the future of the security in the European area and outline actions and initiatives until 2030, within the “Strategic Compass” initiative, which is a guide of the European Union to improve the security and defense of the Eurozone.

Implementing the strategic compass: challenges and opportunities

Madrid, August 30, 2023. ISID, a technology company focused on AI solutions and platforms for advanced video and audio storage and analysis, attended the seminar “Implementing the strategic compass: challenges and opportunities” that was held on August 30 in Toledo, organized by the spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.

The High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, the Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho, as well as the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Kajsa Ollongren all attended, as well as various representatives of the European defense industry.

The central topic of the seminar has been the “Strategic Compass”, the first white paper of the European Union for security and defense, which was approved by the European Council in March 2022. This initiative represents an action plan to strengthen security and defense policy of the European Union until 2030. The current instability in the European periphery (the war in Ukraine) has provoked this response from the Union, setting guidelines to improve the security of the eurozone over the coming years.

The event, attended by our own Alfredo Ramírez, BD & Sales Director of ISID, was inaugurated by José Manuel Albares, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation and Margarita Robles acting Minister of Defense, at the Toledo Congress Palace.

Source: Ministerio de Defensa
Source: Ministerio de Defensa

Intelion, an AI platform for security

ISID specializes in AI tools for video and audio analysis and, in law enforcement and security area, has Intelion, the video analysis platform for law enforcement, which improves the effectiveness of police investigations and increases public safety.

Thanks to its artificial intelligence modules and its ability to integrate into existing video systems, Intelion makes it possible to replace human surveillance with automatic surveillance, 24/7. The system is able to analyze tens or hundreds of cameras by connecting to one or more VMS (Video Management System) that centralizes the cameras, and to find specific elements such as faces, license plates or objects, in an unattended fashion.

Intelion is used in law enforcement and also has a vertical specifically oriented to the defense field, with special functions for detecting military vehicles from drones and the like. This makes it possible to face operations with more information, in order to make better decisions. On the other hand, Intelion’s unattended surveillance makes it possible to monitor specific areas such as metropolitan zones or border regions.

Conclusion

AI video analytics systems such as Intelion enable automatic surveillance of multiple areas and its alert system keeps all the relevant personnel informed instantly via any public or proprietary messaging system to reduce reaction times to a minimum. In any new security or defense initiave this is a desirable functionality as it allows to shift the lion share of the analysis work to the AI and reduce or eliminate human error.