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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
Africans assess national biometric projects as Thales enters digital ID talks with DRC
There is a sense of reflection in Nigeria over the country’s ambitions to provide ID to all, with multiple reports…
| Jun 26, 2020 | First commercial biometric payment cards issued in France to be powered by Thales and Fingerprint CardsBNP Paribas is expected to launch a new biometric bank card this fall in significant numbers, according to Le Parisien,… |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Public health and retail biometric facial recognition applications expand amid uneven trust environmentA survey by the European Union’s agency for fundamental rights (FRA) shows that only 6 percent of consumers are willing… |
| Jun 25, 2020 | Thales, Idex Biometrics and SmartMetric see biometric payment cards opportunity in contactless spikeBiometric technology providers continue to prepare for the mass adoption of fingerprint-enabled payment cards, and taking a recent spike in… |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Role of biometrics for safe travel reopening examined by IBIA Executive DirectorBiometrics will play a critical role in the redesign and future success of the aviation industry, but expanded outreach education… |
| May 28, 2020 | Consumer anticipation of biometric payments surges as contactless takes over from cashCash is disappearing and payment cards are being used more, shifting consumer attitudes about biometrics for payments and presenting a… |
| May 19, 2020 | Role of biometrics in air travel recovery discussed by CBP and Thales execs in new IBIA podcastExecutives from government and the private sector discuss how U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) biometric partnerships can help to… |
| May 12, 2020 | Thales receives Frost & Sullivan award for tech innovation with Gemalto digital ID walletFrost & Sullivan has awarded Thales with the 2019 Global Company of the Year award for the Gemalto digital ID… |
| May 4, 2020 | Biometrics stocks wrap: Fingerprint Cards, FacePhi, Mitek, Thales, Unisys, ImageWare, Precise, NuanceFingerprint Cards has reported financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal 2020, including revenues affected by capacity limits… |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Queensland introduces legislation to back digital ID from ThalesThe government of Queensland has introduced a bill to support the roll-out of digital driver’s licenses in the state, iTnews.com.au… |
| Feb 24, 2020 | Biometrics, passwordless authentication and encryption key tech demoed at RSA Conference 2020The annual RSA Conference is on this week in San Francisco, bringing together leading online biometrics and digital identity providers,… |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Idex Biometrics and Thales achieves certifications for smart cards, mobile ID security softwareIdex Biometrics has successfully completed the EMVCo Security Evaluation for its development site in Farnborough, U.K., making a landmark achievement… |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Mastercard certifies first contactless biometric payment card from Thales and Fingerprint CardsThe biometric payment card offered by Thales Group with a Fingerprint Cards sensor has been announced as the first contactless… |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Thales uses Gemalto tech to deliver digital license solution in AustraliaThales has partnered with Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads and local Queensland SMEs, Code Heroes and Aliva, to… |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Thales details plans for integrating Gemalto biometrics and digital identity businessThe integration of Gemalto into Thales “Digital Identity and Security” (DIS) will result in average organic sales growth of four… |
| Jun 13, 2019 | Thales reports costs and synergies of integrating Gemalto into DISThe integration of Gemalto and disposal of its GP HSM businesses has led Thales SA to update its 2019 forecast,… |
| May 9, 2019 | Gemalto to provide AFIS for Canadian Department of National DefenseGemalto has been tapped by the Canadian government to provide its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for biometric criminal and… |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Gemalto to delist from Amsterdam and Paris exchanges as Thales buys out remaining sharesGemalto will be delisted from the Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Paris stock exchanges shortly after the company’s annual general meeting… |
| Apr 2, 2019 | Gemalto now known as Thales Digital Identity and Security with acquisition completedThales has completed the €4.8 billion acquisition of Gemalto, forming a global security giant to offer biometrics and other digital… |
| Dec 13, 2018 | European Commission conditionally approves Thales acquisition of GemaltoThe European Commission has approved the acquisition of Gemalto by Thales under the EU Merger Regulation, on condition that 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…
