Poaching and wildlife trafficking is an escalating problem. The park rangers today are not only conservationists, they are also the guardians of critically endangered animals in the field. Many of them have been killed in recent years in the line of duty. The rangers in wildlife organisations have paramilitary training, but their equipment is very basic. Often the poachers are better trained and equipped than those seeking to protect national parks from intruders. Smart security technology— from communications tools to surveillance sensor technologies used for protection of critical infrastructure—is needed. In this paper we describe how innovative, cost-efficient technology can be used to assist wildlife organisations to combat poaching and wildlife trafficking. We use an ongoing pilot initiative, project Ngulia, led by the Kenya Wildlife Service aimed at protecting wildlife and other natural resources in Kenya.