Western Digital to Showcase High‑Capacity Storage for Smart Security at Intersec 2026

Owais Mohammed, Regional Lead and Sales Director for the Middle East, Turkey, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent at Western Digital, explains how high‑capacity, AI‑ready storage powers modern security and smart city systems, underscoring its strategic role at Intersec 2026 and the company’s long‑term regional commitment.

What strategic importance does this event hold for you, and why is Intersec the right platform to engage customers in the Middle East?
Intersec is a strategically important platform because it brings together decision-makers from security, critical infrastructure, government, and smart city ecosystems at a time when data-driven security is becoming central to regional digital transformation. The Middle East is rapidly scaling smart video, AI-enabled security, and infrastructure resilience initiatives, and Intersec provides a focused environment to engage customers who are actively deploying or expanding these systems. For Western Digital, it is an opportunity to demonstrate how storage underpins the next phase of security modernization and to engage directly with customers and partners shaping large-scale deployments across the region. 

Intersec increasingly reflects the convergence of physical security, cybersecurity, and data management. How does Western Digital position storage as a critical foundation for modern security and surveillance environments?
Modern security environments rely on the ability to capture, store, and analyze vast volumes of data securely and continuously. As physical security systems integrate AI, analytics, and digital platforms, storage becomes the foundation that connects these layers. Western Digital positions storage as the backbone of this convergence, enabling always-on data ingestion, secure retention, and rapid access for analysis. Without scalable, reliable storage, advanced security systems cannot function effectively, making storage a prerequisite for AI-driven smart video, real-time analytics, and long-term evidence management. 

AI-powered video analytics and smart surveillance are generating massive volumes of data. How are your storage solutions evolving to support high-ingest, always-on, and AI-driven security workloads?
Storage solutions are evolving to support continuous high-ingest workloads while simultaneously enabling AI-driven analytics without performance compromise. Western Digital’s smart video and data center portfolios are designed for 24/7 operation, supporting multiple concurrent video streams, AI inference, and long-term retention. Higher drive capacities allow organizations to retain more data for longer periods, while optimized architectures ensure consistent throughput and reliability. This evolution ensures that security systems can scale as AI adoption accelerates, without introducing operational risk or inefficiencies.

What specific use cases or solutions will Western Digital be showcasing at Intersec 2026, particularly for sectors such as smart cities, transportation, critical infrastructure, and government?
At Intersec 2026, Western Digital is showcasing storage solutions tailored for large-scale  smart video infrastructure, and critical security environments. Demonstrations focus on high-capacity HDDs supporting real-time multi-stream video ingestion, AI-enabled analytics, and long-term data retention. Use cases span city-wide smart video networks, traffic and transportation monitoring, perimeter and infrastructure security, and government-led smart infrastructure deployments, illustrating how data can be securely stored, accessed, and operationalized at scale. 

Reliability and data integrity are mission-critical in security deployments. How do Western Digital’s technologies address challenges such as durability, scalability, and total cost of ownership in large-scale surveillance systems?
Security deployments demand storage that can operate continuously in demanding conditions while scaling economically over time. Western Digital addresses these challenges by engineering reliability and durability into every layer of its storage solutions, from drive design to system architecture. Higher-capacity drives reduce physical footprint and energy consumption, improving scalability and lowering total cost of ownership. At the same time, consistent performance and resilience ensure data integrity is maintained even under sustained, write-intensive workloads typical of large smart video environments.

Channel partners play a vital role in security and surveillance projects. How are you working with system integrators and channel partners at Intersec to drive joint opportunities and solution-led engagement?
Western Digital works closely with system integrators and channel partners to deliver complete, solution-led smart video deployments rather than standalone components. At Intersec, collaboration focuses on aligning architectures, validating performance for real-world video workloads, and supporting partners in designing scalable, resilient solutions for customers. This joint engagement approach helps partners address complex requirements across smart cities and critical infrastructure while creating opportunities to deliver higher-value, outcome-driven projects. 

Looking beyond the event, how does your participation at Intersec Dubai 2026 fit into Western Digital’s broader roadmap for the Middle East and its long-term commitment to the regional security ecosystem?
Western Digital’s participation at Intersec Dubai 2026 reflects the company’s long-term commitment to supporting the Middle East’s evolving security and digital infrastructure landscape. The event aligns with a broader roadmap focused on advancing capacity, efficiency, and reliability to support AI-driven security, smart cities, and national digital initiatives. By maintaining a strong presence at regional platforms like Intersec, Western Digital continues to deepen relationships with customers and partners, ensuring storage infrastructure evolves in step with the region’s accelerating digital and AI transformation.