Thales

What the company sells

Thales sells cybersecurity solutions that protect applications, data and identities. Thales says its portfolio includes services that close compliance gaps, detect and monitor threats and strengthen defenses, and says more than 6,000 cybersecurity experts work for it worldwide. Thales says it provides security at scale for more than 30,000 organizations worldwide.

Thales offers the CipherTrust Data Security Platform to discover, protect and control sensitive data anywhere, with real-time visibility of threats, risks and compliance gaps. CipherTrust Data Security Platform provides centralized key management with data discovery and classification, data protection and granular access control across multiple on-premises and cloud infrastructure providers. Thales describes CipherTrust DSPM as new and as giving complete data security across any environment. Thales says its data security solutions discover and classify sensitive data across hybrid IT and automatically protect it at rest, in motion or in use, using encryption, tokenization and key management.

Thales says it helps organizations gain visibility and control over data across environments, detecting risks and ensuring compliance with advanced security analytics and automation. Thales offers database security encryption to protect database environments from internal and external threats, on-premises or in the cloud. Thales says it delivers effective encryption strategies to protect enterprise from data breaches and achieve compliance, wherever data is stored, accessed or in use. Thales says it helps organizations centralize security across all cloud environments to enhance visibility, control and protection of sensitive data.

Thales says Luna 8 is its fastest Luna HSM yet and delivers certified security, high performance and quantum-ready crypto acceleration. Thales publishes the 2026 Quantum & AI Trends Data Threat Report, which finds that 98% are concerned about impact of quantum and AI on each other.

Thales says its Thales AI Security Fabric keeps AI apps, agents, data and models secure. Thales offers the Imperva Application Security Platform to protect mission critical applications, APIs and websites from bad bot, DDoS and supply chain attacks. The Thales application security product suite includes Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and malicious BOT attacks, security for APIs and a secure Content Delivery Network (CDN). Thales positions the OneWelcome Identity Platform for digital experiences for customers, employees and partners. Thales says its Identity & Access Management solutions ensure the right individuals have access to the right resources at the right times for the right reasons. Thales says SafeNet Trusted Access enables organizations to secure VDI access from any endpoint, while simplifying regulatory compliance, reducing IT administration overheads and mitigating the risk of data breaches arising from credential compromise. Thales says the Sentinel Software Monetization Platform supports flexible pricing models while protecting software from abuse or theft.

Thales says its solutions bring security, trust and resilience to industries including finance, healthcare, retail and manufacturing, and to vital sectors in critical infrastructure. Thales says that with its support, Sabre secures its applications, APIs, and customers. Thales says its solutions can help organizations that are part of the Defense Industrial Base comply with the CMMC requirements. Thales says it helps address risk-management requirements for CMMC 2.0 level 2 across application security, data security and identity & access management.

Thales publishes research alongside its products. The Thales Cloud Security Study examines organizations' challenges, successes and strategic plans related to their cloud-based infrastructure and services. The 2026 Thales Data Threat Report reveals nearly 60% of companies experience deepfake-driven attacks. The 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report shows daily AI-enabled bot attacks jumped from 2 million to 25 million in a single year.^{[1][2][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Categories

• Encryption, tokenization and key management (primary category)
• Post-quantum cryptography
• Compare Thales with companies in the same categoryside by side

Headquarters

Paris, France^[4]

Founded

Not established from our sources

Ownership

Public (Euronext Paris: HO)^[3][12]

CISO on record

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Website

cpl.thalesgroup.com

Products and services

Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.

• CipherTrust Data Security Platform^[2][5]

  A platform to discover, protect and control sensitive data anywhere.

  Thales says the platform gives real-time visibility of threats, risks and compliance gaps. It provides centralized key management with data discovery and classification, data protection and granular access control across multiple on-premises and cloud infrastructure providers.

• CipherTrust DSPM^[5]

  A data security offering Thales describes as new.

• Thales AI Security Fabric^[5]

  An offering to keep AI apps, agents, data and models secure.

• Imperva Application Security Platform^[5]

  A platform to protect applications, APIs and websites.

• OneWelcome Identity Platform^[5]

  An identity platform for digital experiences.

• SafeNet Trusted Access^[9]

  An offering to secure VDI access from any endpoint.

• Sentinel Software Monetization Platform^[5]

  A platform to monetize and protect software.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Thales's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On encryption, tokenization and key management, Thales competes with Fortanix, Baffle, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Protegrity, Skyflow, StratoKey, Virtru, CryptoNext Security, EigenQ, IDEMIA and 9 more.

• On post-quantum cryptography, Thales competes with CryptoNext Security, EigenQ, IDEMIA, PQShield, QuSecure, SandboxAQ, Patero, Fortanix, SSH Communications Security, CyberTrust Consulting and 3 more.

What review platforms show

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• G2 · 4.3 out of 5^[12]seen November 3, 2026

Recent news

Dated company events from the last twelve months, each in one sentence of ours with its source. Newest first.

• November 2, 2026

  Thales appointed David Zolet as CEO of Thales Defense & Security, Inc., effective November 2, 2026, succeeding Michael Sheehan, who is retiring. Thales Group^[11]

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

1. [1]cpl.thalesgroup.comThales · cpl.thalesgroup.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]CipherTrust Data Security Platform | ThalesThales · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
3. [3]Thales reports its order intake and sales first quarter 2026Thales · thalesgroup.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
4. [4]Thales moves head office paris la defenseThales · thalesgroup.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
5. [5]Cyber Security Solutions | ThalesThales · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
6. [6]Thales Cybersecurity SolutionsThales · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
7. [7]Forrester Research Shows Economic Impact of CipherTrust PlatformThales · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
8. [8]CMMC 2.0 Cybersecurity Compliance Solutions | ThalesThales · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
9. [9]VDI Security SolutionsThales · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
10. [10]2025 Cloud Security Research - Latest TrendsThales · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
11. [11]Thales appoints David Zolet as CEO of TDSIThales Group · published November 2, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
12. [12]Thales Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier C

Last verified September 27, 2026. Our code found the quoted passage behind each fact on its source page when the fact was recorded, and re-checks every record against its sources each month.

Recorded September 27, 2026, expanded November 3, 2026 from the references above.

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