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Thales has detailed some of the new health and safety features that are likely to be implemented in the air travel industry to restore consumer trust in the wake of COVID-19. In that regard, the company notes that many people will not feel comfortable traveling even after the virus has passed (at least not right […]
Thales is urging venue operators to exercise caution as they start to reopen in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company notes that safety measures like social distancing still need to be enforced as part of the new normal to protect the health of customers and employees. With that in mind, Thales is advocating […]
Thales has turned its attention to the U.S. and Brazil in its latest Access Management Index. The company previously looked at Europe and the Middle East, and found that many organizations still relied too heavily on passwords despite the known security risks. The findings were similar in the U.S. and Brazil. The new report found […]
Thales is encouraging railways to embrace digital solutions to address the challenges they are facing as the result of COVID-19. The company notes that rail traffic has gone down dramatically during the pandemic, and that many trains may not be able to operate at full capacity even after the economy starts to recover. Digital solutions […]
Thales has released a new report that suggests that businesses still put too much faith in passwords. The company’s latest Access Management Index looked specifically at Europe and the Middle East, and found that a full two-thirds (67 percent) of the respondents worked with organizations that were planning to expand the use of usernames and […]
Thales has released a statement that details its response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The company indicated that it is following the recommendations of public healthcare authorities, and is directing its employees to work from home whenever possible. It is also adhering to any local directives issued by the governments in its various areas of […]
Thales has released new passwordless authentication devices that can be used to log into Microsoft Azure AD apps and services. The devices are geared towards enterprise customers, and are compliant with the latest FIDO2 standards. To that end, the devices will act as a hardware token that can be deployed for PKI-FIDO use cases. The […]
Thales is highlighting the efficiency of some of the infrastructural technology supporting its Biometric Matching System, announcing that it’s using commercial Field-Programmable Gate Array technology developed in the aerospace industry to support the backend processing of its government-focused biometric identification systems. As Thales explains, the FPGA technology was originally designed to support ultra-low latency computing […]
The new year has just started, and the biometrics industry is back in full swing, judging by this week’s roundup of FindBiometrics top stories from the past week. And it’s a roundup dominated by news from the financial services sector, with a strong focus on payments technology. That’s apropos, given some of the results from […]
Thales‘ biometric payment card has received certification from Mastercard, the company has announced. At the time of writing, details about the certification in question remain sparse. Thales’ achievement was announced by its subsidiary Gemalto in a tweet asserting that its card is the first contactless biometric payment card to receive the Mastercard certification. In a […]
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