Addressing national security concerns

Thales works with governments around the world to help them achieve their national security objectives by fighting terrorism, controlling borders and deploying secure identity management systems.

Stepping up the fight against terrorism

To strengthen state security and fight terrorism more effectively, Thales provides governments with a robust set of tools to help them prevent terrorist acts, respond to threats as they evolve and conduct efficient investigations.

Recent acts of terrorism have shown that agencies require better intelligence capabilities to detect and analyse the ‘weak signals’ that could predict an attack, particularly on social networks. In addition, with the huge volumes of video footage now available from CCTV cameras, smartphones, UAVs and other sources, there is growing demand for high-performance video tools that help investigators sift through hours of recordings very quickly and extract the most relevant sequences. Thales has been working on both these fronts for a number of years and is showcasing its latest innovations at Milipol 2015.

While the fight against terrorism is a priority for governments today, there are also other threats to internal state security, from people smuggling and migration to drugs and arms trafficking, fraud and identity theft. As a result, border surveillance and control systems have come to play an even greater role in ensuring national security.

Borders under close surveillance

Effective border security is a crucial part of the national security picture. Thales helps governments around the world to deploy comprehensive border surveillance capabilities that improve reaction time from detection to interception. With Thales support, countries can tailor their border solutions to the type of risks, optimising the operational resources that need to be deployed as the level of threat changes.

Thales has also developed an innovative border control solution that can be set up at a nation’s ports of entry to control flows of people crossing its borders by sea, road, rail or air. Combining the latest advances in biometric technologies and big analytics, the success of the Thales border control solution hinges on early risk detection to anticipate the arrival of high-risk travellers.

Safe identities

To fight illegal immigration and combat fraud, governments need comprehensive, dependable identity management systems. Thales has developed a complete set of secure solutions encompassing the collection of biographic data from citizens, biometric enrolment, management of identity systems and databases, production and personalisation of secure documents and identity control systems, and a full range of user training services. Thales has already been selected for 25 secure national ID projects, and more than 300 million identity documents have been issued using Thales technology so far.

Connecting security teams in the field

Security agencies all over the world rely on Thales secure communications solutions. A complete range of secure, modular high-data-rate communication services helps them to stay in touch and share data and rich content such as pictures and video footage from CCTV cameras, smartphones, UAVs and other sensors. These services make it easier to coordinate operations and help to ensure mission success. 

For more information:
Border surveillance and control (pdf)
Smarter data for public safety
End-to-end security with advanced biometrics technology
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