Aarhus software group targets growing market for hybrid security

Hybrid warfare and digital attacks are blurring the line between civilian and military security, and the need to protect critical infrastructure is increasing significantly. This has prompted the Danish software company Systematic to create a new business unit, National Security & Infrastructure (NSI), which will develop solutions for the energy, utility and emergency response sectors. Systematic announces this in a press release.

“The threats to society’s infrastructure are no longer separate from the military; we see cyber attacks, surveillance and sabotage attempts targeting everything from energy supply to communication networks,” says Nikolaj Bramsen, CEO of Systematic.

He adds:

“With NSI, we are building on our experience from defense, government and utilities to develop solutions that enable civilian actors to respond quickly and coordinate with authorities if necessary.”

Systematic has for many years been known for software for healthcare and the military, but is now experiencing increased demand from civil society – especially energy companies, utilities and emergency services. Here, the risk of cyber attacks and physical sabotage is growing, requiring new ways to coordinate data and response.

The company is already successful in bringing defense technology into civilian use. The SITE maritime coordination system, used by Ørsted, RWE, Vattenfall and Dominion Energy, among others, is based on the same core technology as Systematic’s SitaWare command system used by more than 50 countries and NATO.

NSI expands the effort to include solutions that can directly prevent and manage attacks against critical infrastructure.

First product is ready

As a first step, NSI launches the software product Rezilient. The system collects and analyzes data from drones, sensors and surveillance systems and provides both owners and authorities with a common situational awareness. If mutually agreed, the system can be integrated with national emergency response and defense systems.

“We take the same basic principles that have made SitaWare a global standard product in defense and apply them to the civilian sector. It’s not about militarizing civil society, but about creating coherence between systems so that energy companies, emergency services and authorities can share information and collaborate effectively on potential threats and attacks,” says Anders Goul Nielsen, CEO of NSI.

NSI will be a central part of Systematic’s strategy towards 2030, where the company prioritizes national security and critical infrastructure resilience as one of its primary focus areas.

“SitaWare is already being used today in disaster response and humanitarian missions where rapid coordination and action saves lives. We can and should use this experience to protect the infrastructure on which our entire society rests,” says Anders Goul Nielsen.

The business unit will now scale, and Systematic is already hiring new specialists and development profiles in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Bucharest.