On Monday 28 September, on stage at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris, Artifeel, the City of Stockholm and Dipar jointly received the bronze medal in the “Co-construction” category at the 20th Nuit de la Sécurité Globale, for their joint project “Smart protection against vehicle ramming attacks”.
Nuit de la Sécurité Globale: an award shared by three
That makes three for Artifeel at the Nuit de la Sécurité Globale, and a 16th award since the company was founded. After 2022 and 2024, Artifeel is back on the podium at the Nuit de la Sécurité Globale.
This time, not alone. The medal rewards a project led with the Trafikkontoret, the City of Stockholm’s Transport Administration, responsible for streets, traffic and public space, and Dipar, a subsidiary of Rapid Security.
Their shared ambition: to make smart the thousands of benches, planters and concrete blocks that already protect pedestrians in the Swedish capital against vehicle ramming attacks.
For Alain Staron, founder and CEO of Artifeel, this 16th award is unlike any other:
“This 16th award is particularly special to us: it is the first we have received for a project co-developed with our client and our partner. What’s more, it is an international project, carried out with a public institution, to protect citizens.”
A project made possible by our partner Dipar. A specialist in innovative security solutions for critical infrastructure in the Nordic and Baltic markets, Dipar quickly identified the city’s need. Working hand in hand with the Artifeel teams, it then designed a complete deployment and monitoring solution, tailored to each type of structure to be protected.
Roland Pacerek, Coordinator Vehicle Security Barriers, HVM & CT, City of Stockholm / Transport Administration, explains:
“Protecting our vehicle security barriers is an important part of the city’s security work, and we needed a way to detect and act on deviations faster. Check’In gives us real-time alerts, and Dipar’s solution and understanding of our operations made them a natural choice.”
Many thanks to Roland Pacerek and Anna Wenman for travelling to Paris to share this moment with us.
And thank you to Fredrik Boye and the Dipar teams, who brought this project to life.
More than a trophy: recognition from security professionals
Organised by Républik Group, the Nuit de la Sécurité Globale brings together security professionals every year around its awards. This 20th edition saw 80 companies and local authorities compete, in an evening dedicated to physical and cyber security.
The Co-construction category recognises projects developed and delivered jointly by a client and a supplier. And a place on the podium has to be earned.
After an initial selection based on written applications in July, each finalist went before the jury of industry professionals on 8 September for a demanding pitch: three minutes to convince, three minutes to answer questions.
Projects are assessed on innovation, effectiveness and return on investment, long-term viability, and quality of presentation.
Above all, the verdict comes from people who know the field.
The jury brings together 25 decision-makers, most of them security directors at major organisations such as Air France, Crédit Agricole, Meta, Engie, Suez, TF1, Thales and Veolia, alongside leading bodies such as CNPP and AN2V. This is peer recognition, presented in front of 800 industry professionals.
With Check’In, Stockholm makes its anti-ramming barriers smart
Since the 2017 vehicle ramming attack, Stockholm has installed thousands of protective structures in its streets: benches, concrete lions, spherical planters… Discreet and blended into the street furniture, they have one weak point. If moved, poorly repositioned or damaged, they leave a gap that no one can see.
The challenge was to equip structures of very different shapes and materials without turning the city into an “urban bunker” or complicating maintenance. The answer: a single Check’In unit, designed around the most constrained location. Fully autonomous, with no Wi-Fi or mains power required, it monitors the integrity and position of each structure 24/7. Its embedded AI, which analyses data directly inside the unit, tells the difference between cleaning or authorised handling and a violent impact or suspicious movement. If an anomaly occurs, a real-time alert is sent to the monitoring centre or field teams.
For Fredrik Boye, CEO of Dipar, the real value of the approach lies in existing infrastructure. Local authorities that have already invested in bollards, barriers or hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) measures can retrofit Check’In without replacing any hardware. Their existing protective estate becomes a monitored, responsive security network:
“Check’In does not replace existing physical protection. It makes it intelligent. In an era where the threat of vehicular attacks is both persistent and evolving, Check’In provides what static barriers alone cannot: awareness, continuity of protection, and the confidence that if something moves, someone will know.”
An approach that could soon extend to many other places: event sites, public buildings, landmark locations…
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On 25 and 29 September, Protectas brought together clients and partners in Geneva and then Lausanne to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Artifeel was invited to present, alongside the Protectas teams, the new My Door Is Safe offer, which integrates Check’In systems into Protectas’ expert services and solutions.
Artifeel alongside Protectas for its 50th anniversary
Founded in 1976 in Lausanne and part of the Securitas Group since 1992, Protectas is celebrating half a century of security in Switzerland this year.
To mark the anniversary, the company held two Partners Days for its business clients and partners:
Friday 25 September at the Hilton Geneva Hotel & Conference Centre;
Tuesday 29 September at the Vaudoise aréna in Prilly, just outside Lausanne.
Both days brought the Protectas ecosystem together around two goals: celebrating 50 years of trust and presenting the company’s latest offerings. Among them was My Door Is Safe, its new offer built around the Check’In connected alarm and now available in Switzerland.
Artifeel attended both events to support the launch and meet Protectas’ clients and partners. On site, Baris Ekerbicer answered partners’ questions, ran demonstrations and presented the other products in the Check’In range for professionals.
Many thanks to the Protectas teams for their trust, their warm welcome and for including Artifeel in this anniversary celebration.
My Door Is Safe: the Check’In offer by Protectas
My Door Is Safe is a complete offer for the smart detection of door and access openings. It combines Artifeel’s technology with Protectas’ expertise in remote monitoring and end-to-end support across all security needs. It expands Protectas’ electronic security range with a smart door opening detection system.
The offer is designed for both private and business customers: apartments, cellars, bike storage rooms, residential buildings, business premises and storage facilities.
After Turkey, a second Securitas Group company
For Artifeel, this launch is an important milestone. Following Securitas Alarm in Turkey and its “My Door is Safe” offer, Protectas becomes the second Securitas Group company to market a packaged white-label offer based on Check’In.
This deployment shows how a remote monitoring provider can integrate Check’In under its own brand, and offer protection for access points that often had no suitable solution until now.
Happy anniversary once again, Protectas!
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From 17 to 19 June, Artifeel will be exhibiting at VivaTech 2026 on the Crédit Agricole stand, showcasing its embedded AI solutions designed to protect critical infrastructure and public-facing facilities against malicious acts and theft.
Artifeel on the Crédit Agricole Stand at VivaTech 2026
For this new participation in Europe’s leading event dedicated to digital transformation, Artifeel, a member of Village by CA Brie Picardie, has been selected by the Crédit Agricole Group to be hosted on its stand (Hall 7, Stand 1F02-002). This presence alongside a major player in banking and essential services strongly reflects Artifeel’s development since its founding in 2021.
“Our presence at VivaTech 2026, within the Crédit Agricole Group stand, is symbolic in two ways: we are celebrating our fifth anniversary as VivaTech marks its tenth, and we are exhibiting alongside an essential services operator deeply rooted in local communities, which is also facing a rise in theft and malicious acts targeting its infrastructure and public facilities,” says Alain Staron, Founder and CEO of Artifeel.
Artifeel returns with substantial field experience and an expanded, specialised value proposition for stakeholders in essential sectors such as banking, supported by successful deployments across 13 types of critical infrastructure. This edition also highlights, both within the VivaTech programme and on the Crédit Agricole stand, themes that are central to Artifeel’s DNA: practical, applied AI; technological sovereignty; and innovation serving territorial resilience.
Focus on Our Expert Embedded AI (Security) Agents
This edition provides an opportunity for Artifeel to present and discuss its concrete field feedback, made possible by its unique Check’In systems, which now protect 13 types of essential infrastructure across France and Europe. From telecom rooms to solar farms, from railway-related installations to water networks, including wind farms and public-facing facilities in the tertiary sector, Artifeel’s patented embedded AI technology addresses security challenges that previously lacked truly viable solutions prior to the introduction of Check’In.
Visitors will also discover the latest developments in Artifeel’s “expert embedded AI agents”, capable of locally and fully autonomously analysing vibrations, movements, and contextual changes to distinguish legitimate behaviour from intrusion attempts and respond accordingly.
“In 2021, we anticipated that the combination of embedded AI and IoT would fundamentally transform security. Five years later, field feedback has turned that intuition into a firm conviction, reinforced by the trust of our clients, partners, and investors. From telecom rooms to solar farms and wind turbines, from vacant properties to mobile banking units, our solutions demonstrate every day that it is possible to make critical infrastructure and public facilities safer, more autonomous, and more resource-efficient, without adding complexity for operational teams,” adds Alain Staron.
We look forward to welcoming you to discover our innovations and discuss your challenges.
Artifeel once again wins a Facilities Management Awards title from Build Magazine, in the “Best Global AI-Driven Smart Security Systems 2026” category.
Best Global AI-Driven Smart Security Systems 2026
With this 15th award since its creation, Artifeel once again sees its smart security technology recognised at an international level. On 22 April 2026, the start-up received the “Best Global AI-Driven Smart Security Systems 2026” title, as part of the Facilities Management Awards 2026 by Build Magazine, which highlight the most innovative solutions serving buildings, infrastructure and essential services.
After showcasing the Check’In technology in 2023 and then Check’In Infra in 2024, the Build Magazine expert committee now rewards our latest generation of connected alarm and monitoring solutions powered by embedded AI. This new award no longer focuses on a single product: it recognises the consistency of a complete portfolio, designed to protect critical, remote or hard-to-secure sites.
For our clients and partners, this distinction strengthens Artifeel’s credibility on the smart security systems market, both in France and internationally. It also confirms the relevance of our approach: autonomous, connected and intelligent solutions to securely protect the infrastructures that keep essential services running.
A new generation of AI-driven smart security recognised
This 2026 award recognises the second generation of solutions developed by Artifeel, building on several years of field feedback and deployments across critical sites. Leveraging our patented embedded AI technology, we have designed a range of connected alarms capable of monitoring and protecting an ever-wider set of critical infrastructures: networks, industrial sites, logistics sites, solar farms, wind farms and container yards.
This 15th recognition confirms the innovative nature of our model and our technology. It strengthens our ambition: helping operators, integrators and infrastructure owners better protect their sites, reduce incidents and limit unnecessary call-outs, with a single family of solutions that is simple to deploy and operate.
Artifeel would like to warmly thank Build Magazine for this new distinction and for the renewed trust placed in our smart security technology.
Artifeel is showcasing its Check’In Secure Solar solution at Solar & Storage Live London to protect cables and solar farms against theft, even on the most remote sites.
Artifeel showcases Check’In Secure Solar in London
Solar & Storage Live is one of Europe’s key events for solar and energy storage professionals, with the London 2026 edition taking place from 29 to 30 April.
By exhibiting at this show, Artifeel meets developers, operators, installers and security partners who are scaling solar farms across the UK and Europe. On our stand, we shine a light on a challenge that is often underestimated: protecting cables and critical infrastructure on remote sites that are exposed to theft and vandalism.
This is an opportunity to discover our latest developments, discuss your on-the-ground challenges, and see how our technology integrates into your existing security architectures in practice.
Protecting cables and solar farms with Check’In Solar Secure
Cable theft on solar farms leads to production outages, repair costs and additional pressure on your operations teams.
Check’In Solar Secure provides a simple answer: an autonomous alarm with embedded AI, designed to distinguish genuine attacks from everyday nuisances such as wind, rain or animals.
Installed directly on cables or at critical points, the solution runs on batteries, requires no Wi-Fi or mains power, and uses long-range networks to send real-time alerts. You drastically reduce false alarms, improve service continuity and can trigger the right interventions at the right time, even on the most hard-to-reach sites. For solar farm operators, it is a concrete way to secure assets, protect production and maintain a clear, real-time view of what is happening in the field, 24/7.
