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Thales Cybersecurity and Digital Identity
Thales (stock info) is a global leader in advanced technologies, investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing – to build a confident future crucial for the development of our societies. The Group provides its customers – businesses, organizations and governments – in the defense, aeronautics, space, transport, and digital identity and security domains with solutions, services and products that help them fulfil their critical role, consideration for the individual being the driving force behind all decisions. Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2020 the Group generated sales of €17 billion.
We believe in a safer and more sustainable world where everyone has access to a secure, trusted identity. To support this vision, Thales delivers identity and biometric solutions to governments, public authorities and private entities in the fields of civil identity and public security.
Thales Cybersecurity and Digital Identity Biometrics News
Thales, Finnish police to launch new biometric travel and digital ID documents
The National Police Board of Finland has announced its new electronic travel and identity documents. Thales, a secure travel and…
| Mar 15, 2023 | Thales partners with IDScan.net to fight fake ID fraud, underage drinkingFrench conglomerate and identity technology giant Thales has joined forces with IDScan.net to develop products aimed at tackling fraud and… |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Utah airport accepts state’s mobile driver’s licenses from GET GroupA mobile driver’s license from Utah now qualifies as valid ID at some airports in the United States, according to… |
| Jan 16, 2023 | Thales aces mDL, digital identity interoperability test to ISO standard in AustraliaThales is claiming success in an interoperability test for mobile driver’s licenses and digital identities based on the ISO standard…. |
| Jan 9, 2023 | Iowa’s mDL delayed again; Arizona updating physical IDNew security is being added to regional U.S. government IDs, both digital and physical. Leaders of a U.S. state working… |
| Dec 19, 2022 | Thales Digital ID Wallet certified to ISO mobile driver’s license standard by ULThales has been certified for meeting the ISO/IEC secure mobile driver’s licenses standard by UL Solutions as it continues expanding… |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Next digital ID in US: Maryland tests Android appGoogle’s first public step into digital U.S. state IDs will fall in Maryland, which was implied by the company in… |
| Dec 8, 2022 | An easier travel path from home to hotel room with digital credentials and facial biometric matchDigital travel credentials are here. The launch of American Airlines’ Mobile ID – which combines Thales technology with the Airside… |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Combined iris and face biometrics solution launched by Thales for efficient border checksThales has launched a new multimodal biometric pod bringing together face and iris biometrics to help simplify border and immigration… |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Trust at center of digital ID for financial services in Southeast Asia, UK still struggleSoutheast Asian countries increasingly rely on the public perception of service providers’ integrity when considering the deployment of digital IDs… |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Thales continues biometric card R&D in France, approved by Mastercard for quantum securityThales is developing biometric bank cards and working on eSIM technnologies at a French research facility in La Ciotat launched… |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Consumer trust in banks is mixed. Behavioral biometrics can help, face less soA trio of surveys from Experian, Mitek and Thales indicate that deploying biometrics can help banks improve consumers’ trust in… |
| Sep 30, 2022 | Confidence in work from home security rises along with MFA adoption: Thales surveyA new survey by biometric solutions provider Thales suggests India is at the forefront of adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA)… |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Biometric authentication use in US businesses tripled over 3 years to tackle cyber threatsThe use of biometric authentication in U.S. businesses has almost tripled from 27 percent in 2019 to 79 percent in… |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Incode, Thales, Chekk hire digital ID, regional, regulatory leadersThe latest round of executive hires from digital ID providers this week features Incode appointing Windsor Tanner as global vice… |
| Jul 21, 2022 | War in Europe hurts Thales’ digital ID business in the first half, but not muchThe ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia clipped tens of millions of euros in revenue from the Thales Group’s first-half… |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Thales continues cyber shopping spree with €100M OneWelcome acquisitionThe latest purchase in the cybersecurity and identity sector for Thales is Netherlands-based OneWelcome which specializes in cloud-based identity services… |
| Jun 23, 2022 | Flash a QR and your face biometrics and American will put you in a jet seatMobile IDs are coming to American Airlines customers. The company is using facial recognition to verify U.S. passenger information, enabling… |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Thales inks deal with Spain for biometric border terminalsWith the European Union (EU) poised to complete its biometric entry and exit system around the Schengen area for non-European… |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Competing visions of digital wallets as super apps or online identity hubs presentedThe convergence of different capabilities and services in digital wallets was explored in ‘The Future of the Wallet’ webinar hosted… |
Thales Cybersecurity and Digital Identity Industry Insights
TSA biometrics program is evolving faster than critics’ perceptions
By Neville Pattinson, Head of Federal Government Sales at Thales Group’s DIS Identity & Biometric Solutions When Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)…
Brand Focus: Thales Cybersecurity and Digital Identity
An easier travel path from home to hotel room with digital credentials and facial biometric match
Digital travel credentials are here. The launch of American Airlines’ Mobile ID – which combines Thales technology with the Airside…
