Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology

What Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology does

The Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology (legally: Ministry of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology; abbreviated MOHST) is a government ministry of the Republic of the Maldives, headquartered at Velaanaa Building, 10th Floor, Male. It is wholly owned and funded by the Government of Maldives, sits under the executive branch, and oversees homeland security, labour relations, immigration, customs, corrections, civil aviation, and national technology policy. In 2024 the ministry was renamed to formally absorb labour and technology functions, signaling an expansion of its remit beyond traditional security.

The ministry operates through nine wholly owned operating subsidiaries: the Maldives Police Service, Maldives Customs Service, Maldives Immigration, Department of Juvenile Justice, National Drug Agency, Labour Relations Authority, Maldives Digital Security, National Centre for Information Technology, and Civil Aviation Authority of Maldives. Its core product surface consists of public services — police and 911 response, customs clearance, immigration and visa processing, prison management and rehabilitation, juvenile justice, drug rehabilitation, labour dispute resolution, cyber security and digital forensics, and communications spectrum regulation. The technology stack underpinning these services is being rebuilt around three flagship digital initiatives: the Maldives 2.0 Smart Government Initiative (2024) targeting AI-powered service delivery, the D'MADD Digital Government Project (2026) for adaptation and decentralization, and a Fixed Broadband QoS/QoE Monitoring System (2026).

The business model is non-commercial. The ministry is funded through the Maldives national budget and does not generate revenue from the public; it serves the citizens, residents, expatriate workforce, and NGOs of the Maldives, distributing services directly through its departmental agencies. Headcount is reported at 101-250 employees across the central ministry, with operational staffing housed within subsidiary agencies. Strategic recent activity includes a youth-employment partnership with Centara Lagoon Maldives (announced 2026-07-14), the rollout of juvenile justice training programs (287 personnel trained), and an active anti-human trafficking program.

Name

Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology

Legal name

Ministry of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology

Website

https://homeaffairs.gov.mv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Ministry of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology is a Maldives government ministry that administers homeland security, immigration, customs, corrections, labour relations, and national technology policy, serving citizens, residents, expatriates, and NGOs of the Maldives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Public Administration and Security Services

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (9281), International Affairs (92812)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAHAI

Border Security & Homeland Security

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Defense & National Security

SECONDARYBPAIAAAE

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

Keywords

• Public safety services
• Immigration management
• Customs administration
• Correctional services
• Government technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Male

HQ country

Maldives

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

The Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology is a state ministry of the Republic of the Maldives that coordinates and delivers core government functions in public safety, immigration, customs, corrections, labor relations, and government technology. It oversees multiple operational agencies — Maldives Police Service, Maldives Customs Service, Maldives Immigration, Maldives Correctional Service, and the Department of Labour Relations — and runs technology, training, and digital-modernization programs supporting nationwide service delivery.

Product overview

Ministry of Homeland Security, Labour and Technology is a government ministry overseeing security, immigration, customs, corrections, labour relations, and digital government services. The portfolio includes core services (police, immigration, customs, prisons), digital government initiatives (Maldives 2.0, D'MADD), labour market services, and cyber security. This is a platform of government services, not a unified commercial product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Maldives 2.0: Digital transformation initiative for smart city development

Products and services

• Maldives Police Service operations Law enforcement and public-safety service delivery for citizens, residents, and visitors of the Maldives, provided through the national police agency under the Ministry's oversight.
• Maldives Customs Service operations Customs administration including clearance, tariff, and trade-compliance services for importers, exporters, travelers, and businesses operating in the Maldives.
• Maldives Immigration services Immigration services including passport issuance, visa processing, residence permits, and other identity/travel-document services for citizens, residents, and foreign nationals.
• Maldives Correctional Service operations Corrections and rehabilitation services delivered through the national correctional agency under the Ministry's oversight.
• Department of Labour Relations services Labor-relations administration including employment regulation, dispute resolution, and workplace compliance services for employers and workers in the Maldives.
• Workforce training program Structured training program for Ministry personnel and related public servants to build capacity in homeland-security, immigration, customs, corrections, and government-technology operations.
• D'MADD project (digital modernization initiative) A digital-modernization project under the Ministry's technology function, aimed at modernizing administration and service delivery through the D'MADD platform.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Centara Lagoon MaldivescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026Agreement signed with Centara Lagoon Maldives to create job opportunities for youth. The partnership aims to provide employment opportunities for Maldives citizens, with internship programs and training initiatives for young people targeting by June 2027.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Department of Homeland Security (United States): The U.S. DHS is the broadest incumbent in homeland security globally; while vastly larger and with very different accountability structures, it provides the standard template for an integrated security-and-immigration ministry that smaller states emulate.
• Ministry of Home Affairs (India): India's MHA manages internal security, border management, and immigration at federal scale. While far larger than MOHST, it shares the same architecture of integrating police, immigration, and disaster-management functions in a South Asian context.

Emerging players

• GovTech Singapore: GovTech leads Singapore's digital-government transformation; comparable as a peer for MOHST's Maldives 2.0 and D'MADD digital-government initiatives, since both drive AI- and cloud-enabled public service modernization.

Direct peers

• UAE Ministry of Interior: The UAE Ministry of Interior leads policing, immigration, and civil defence in a Gulf state that, like Maldives, depends heavily on expatriate labour flows — a comparable operational context for border and labour policy integration.
• Ministry of Interior (Thailand): Thailand's Ministry of Interior oversees provincial administration, immigration, and internal security in a Southeast Asian state with comparable expatriate-labour dynamics and tourism-economic structure to Maldives.
• Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore): Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs oversees police, immigration, civil defence, and correctional services — a closely analogous portfolio of internal-security functions in a small city-state, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia): Malaysia's KDN oversees police, immigration, prisons, civil defence, and registration functions across a Southeast Asian multi-ethnic state — comparable in mandate scope, though operating at much larger national scale.

Regional players

• Ministry of Public Security (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka's public security ministry oversees police and immigration in a neighbouring South Asian island state with similar scale and maritime-border concerns, making it a regional peer rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HomeMinistrymv
• Facebookfacebook.com/Ministry-of-Homeland-Security-and-Technology-Maldives-61553764593834
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministry-of-homeland-security-and-technology

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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