Thales Digital Identity and Security company News and Trends items

Thales provides highly accurate biometric authentication and identification methods for smooth and secure user experiences. Thales solutions offer full compliance with GDPR and support ‘touch less’ use cases such as access management, border control, airport security, air passenger experience and much more.

In less than one minute, third-country nationals will thus be pre-registered and have their identity verified at Thales kiosks deployed at French airports, train stations and ports.

Thales, leader in digital security, and Inetum, European leader in digital services and solutions, provide the airports of Valencia and Bilbao with more than 45 Automatic Border Control gates (ABC Gates) leveraging facial recognition and automatic document verification. Thales is responsible for the identity verification and smart access control, while Inetum implements ...

Thales Alenia Space selected by Telesat to build its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband 298-satellite constellation Lightspeed offering high performing broadband professional services around the globe.

Automated Border Control. Where security, convenience and efficiency meet.

The new Thales Gemalto Intelligent Double-sided ID card reader is the first reader designed for inspecting both sides of an ID document and simultaneously in the cloud.

The new and modern Border Kiosks is designed to comply with the EES regulation requirements. It combines expertise in document verification, passenger biometric capture and verification to ensure the best user experience and traveler enrollment quality for immigration. Border kiosks allow travelers to perform the necessary controls in a faster self-service manner and pro...

The Covid-19 health crisis is the biggest disruption in the history of aviation. The impact on the industry has been tremendous. According to OAG Schedule Analyser, passenger demand in April and May plummeted by, respectively, about 65% and almost 70% compared to the previous year. As more countries begin easing their lockdowns and reopening borders, the main chall...

Thales launches its Identity Verification Suite, a secure biometric solution for customer onboarding • Thales’s Gemalto Identity Verification Suite (IDV) minimizes ID fraud risks by verifying document authenticity so that service providers can digitally check identities of new customers. • IDV is designed to onboard more users in a secure remote environment, offering...

Reducing Human Error. Technologies used for document authentication should never stand still. That's why we examine microprint and security threads, special paper and ink, seals and holograms, patterns and geometric settings and data consistency. Our reference document library is always kept up to date, which removes the onus from employees to spot a fraudulent docume...

Advanced ID verification: the in-store consumer journey.

Facial recognition technology has started to be deployed in airports worldwide in the last couple of years as a response to streamlining the passenger experience at airports.

Passengers want airport checks such as immigration, boarding and baggage to take less time, while also being free to use one single identity token for all stages of their journey.

Document Authentication with Facial Recognition

ID Document Readers: swift capture and verification of ID documents, and automatic form filling.

Automated Fast Track Crossing at External Borders Paris Aéroports first introduced the PARAFE system (Automated Fast Track Crossing at External Borders) in 2009 at ParisCharles de Gaulle airport. In 2016, they chose Gemalto to modernize their first generation Automated Border Control (ABC) solution, and the project awarded to Gemalto encompassed the equipment, deplo...

Document Readers that will enable faster border crossings for millions of travelers, whilst ensuring rigorous security checking of passports and other identity credentials.