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Thales cloud security study shows that 79% of organizations have more than one cloud provider and 75% of companies said they store at least 40% of their sensitive data in the cloud. While Thales, in its 2023 Cloud Security Study, found that well over a third of businesses experienced a data breach in their cloud environment last year versus 34% in 2021, organizations are increasingly caching sensitive data in multiple cloud environments.
Thales has announced what it claims is the "World's first" payment card to include an onboard fingerprint sensor, promising improved security and usability - and an end to contactless payment limits. The Thales Gemalto Biometric Sensor Payment card, the company explained, replaces the traditional PIN with an on-card fingerprint sensor and requires no modifications to existing point-of-sale payment terminals.
This new card, which integrates a biometric sensor, provides users with increased security and convenience. The contactless biometric card simplifies proximity payments and also provides an essential level of privacy and confidence.
Car manufacturers require reliable connectivity and cybersecurity solutions to bring more convenience and secure services for drivers, passengers and automotive players. To build securely connected solutions and meet the requirements of new regulations such as UNECE WP29 , car makers can rely on Thales.
Thales announces a new voice biometric solution which is part of Thales Trusted Digital Identity Service Platform for onboarding and authentication. It meets the growing demand from mobile operator call centres to fight identity fraud whilst providing a seamless customer experience.
Thales is playing a key role in the end-to-end cloud-native mobile network, operated by Rakuten Mobile, a dynamic entrant into the Japanese market. Thales' eSIM technology also plays a key role in the development of Rakuten Mobile's innovative 4G and 5G smartphones.
Thales announced that its CipherTrust Manager and SafeNet Trusted Access have been integrated with Google Workspace Client-side encryption, a new privacy and confidentiality offering for Google Workspace users. Providing enhanced key management capabilities and identity protection, customers can benefit from improved regulatory compliance and data ownership by allowing them to maintain ownership of keys used to encrypt Google Workspace documents.
Cinterion IoT Suite Connectivity Activation by Thales simplifies and digitalises cellular connectivity and the daily operations of industrial IoT device manufacturers and service providers. Thales system shortens device installation: Thanks to a remote activation process, the IoT eSIM automatically downloads the MNO profile that best suits the device location and connects to the network according to the service providers' pre-defined business rules.
Atos and Thales announce the creation of Athea, a joint venture that will develop a sovereign big data and artificial intelligence platform for public and private sector players in the defence, intelligence and internal state security communities. Athea will draw on the experience gained by both companies from the demonstration phase of the ARTEMIS programme, the big data platform of the French Ministry of Armed Forces.
Thales announced new data protection solutions for Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services, solidifying its role as a trusted third party for multicloud data security. With each cloud provider having unique data protection mechanisms and key management offerings, multicloud data protection presents a complex security challenge for organizations.