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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
Cameroon moves to tackle hurdles impeding biometric IDs’ smooth issuance
Cameroon’s general delegation for national security, the body charged with overseeing the issuance of biometrics-backed digital national identity cards for…
| Jan 4, 2021 | BNP Paribas to begin issuing biometric payment cards to all customers within 6 monthsBiometric payment cards companies are starting out 2021 with a bang, as the first general roll-out of cards with integrated… |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Thales fingerprint biometric card named among top 100 business ideas of the yearThe fingerprint-enabled biometric card from Thales has been declared among the 100 best business ideas of the year by Actualidad Económica… |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Mastercard, Thales and Idemia promote biometric payment cards’ easy enrollmentCompanies developing biometric payment cards are hard at work exploring their benefits, potential alternative uses, and their enrollment processes in… |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Idemia to help war-torn Libya establish biometric digital ID systemA deal has been struck for Idemia to assist the north African nation of Libya in putting in place a… |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Thales launches remote biometric identity verification suite with passive livenessThales has launched a new Gemalto Identity Verification Suite (IDV) to provide biometrics and document authenticity verification for secure remote customer… |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Mobile drivers’ licenses from Thales coming to Florida in 2021Thales has been selected by Florida to provide mobile drivers’ licenses with robust security and full compliance with national and international… |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Thales, Zetes contracted for embedded biometrics and forgery protections of new Belgian passportsThe next generation of passports in Belgium will be produced by Thales and personalized with biometric and biographical data by Zetes under… |
| Sep 21, 2020 | Thales wins contract for Swedish biometric travel and identity documentsThales announced its subsidiary AB Svenska Pass has been awarded the contract to manufacture around 12 million biometric identity documents… |
| Aug 6, 2020 | Thales-led consortium delivers Thailand’s new biometric passportsThailand has officially launched a new passport with embedded biometrics, produced by a consortium including Thales. The e-passport has been… |
| Jul 29, 2020 | CyberLink, ISS and Thales integrations provide face biometrics for physical access control systemsCyberLink has formed a strategic alliance to provide its FaceMe biometric facial recognition engine to surveillance solution provider Lilin for contactless… |
| Jun 28, 2020 | Africans assess national biometric projects as Thales enters digital ID talks with DRCThere 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… |
Thales Cybersecurity and Digital Identity Industry Insights
Standards, security, and trust: The foundation for next-generation digital IDs
By Tyson Moler, Vice President, Identity and Biometrics Solutions, Thales North America Digital IDs are steadily moving from pilot projects…
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…
