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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
Clearview enters selfie biometrics market as KYC firms sign up onboarding clients
Clearview is joining the selfie biometrics market and has signed up its first client. Biometrics-enabled know your customer (KYC) and…
| May 16, 2022 | Jamaica picks Thales to upgrade voter identification system with biometricsThales has been hired to modernize Jamaica’s electronic voter ID system, strengthening voter identification and authentication with fingerprint biometrics, reports… |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Financial gains for Thales, Aware, Mitek, FacePhi demonstrate sustained biometrics growthThales, Aware, Zwipe, and Mitek unveiled and summarized the financial results or the changes to their business made in the… |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Biometric payment card competition heats up; Idemia, Thales vie for Egypt contractThe latest spate of biometric payment card releases includes an aspirational card by Mastercard in Morocco, the first corporate biometric… |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Digital identity division boost Thales Group to best ever yearThales Group has announced a strong set of financials that have prompted it to revise its predictions and targets upwards. While… |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Colombia’s civil status registry to deploy Thales biometric scannersThales is planning to provide fingerprint scanners to Colombia’s National Civil Status Registry for better management of biometric enrollments and… |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Thales launches aviation and biometrics research centers in SingaporeMultinational digital ID provider Thales has strengthened its partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) with the goal of… |
| Feb 11, 2022 | Thales inks contracts to provide IDs to District of Columbia DMV, FinlandGlobal biometrics and digital ID provider Thales says the District of Columbia’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DC DMV) will update… |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Mastercard, Thales and FPC supply biometric payment card launch in PolandBank Pocztowy in Poland is the latest to begin issuing biometric payment cards to its customers, following a trial conducted… |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Mastercard launches biometric credit card in Jordan with Thales, FPC technologyMastercard has partnered with Jordan Kuwait Bank to launch Jordan’s first biometric payment card and the first World Elite brand card… |
| Nov 23, 2021 | What to expect when you return to air travelBy Neville Pattinson, Head of Business Development and Strategic Marketing at Thales Around the world, most of us have not taken a flight… |
| Nov 10, 2021 | UK selects over a dozen biometrics providers for immigration self-enrollment trialThe biometric suppliers and sub-suppliers for the UK Home Office’s forensic border check trial have been unveiled. A privacy information… |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Thales inks biometrics and smart city deal in Vietnam, discusses ethical facial recognitionThales has signed an extensive deal with Vietnam’s VNPT to accelerate the country’s digital transformation with biometrics, smart city and other… |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Aware revenue leaps, Thales biometrics business recovering, Trust Stamp plans next listingAware has surpassed its total 2020 revenue in the first nine months of 2021, bringing $12.9 million in the first three… |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Zwipe signs LATAM biometric payment cards partner, North American demand highZwipe has signed a deal with Chile-based fintech IC Payment to bring biometric payment cards to the Latin American and Caribbean… |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Remote work contributes to enterprise shift to biometrics, away from passwordsThe range of fraud and access control risks that go along with remote work practices are leading enterprises to adopt… |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Thales, Idemia biometrics deployed to new airports to ease traveler experienceThales is partnering with Inetum to expand the deployment of its Automated Border Control (ABC) system to three more Spanish… |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Thales wins biometric bank card deal, Zwipe partners on payments, hybrid ID cardsJordan Kuwait Bank has selected Thales to supply biometric payment cards for contactless EMV transactions. The fingerprint-enabled cards will be… |
| Aug 12, 2021 | How the world’s most secure ID documents protect trust and privacyBy Neville Pattinson, Head of Business Development and Strategic Marketing at Thales Most of us hardly think about our passports… |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Digital identity and KYC providers recognized for awards, nominationsA range of companies and individuals in the identity sector are being recognized for their contributions, including Dermalog, AU10TIX, Thales,… |
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…
