IoT Guidance and Optimal Strategies from Thales
Thales, a leading global technology company, is shaping the future of IoT innovation with its cutting-edge insights and best practices in IoT connectivity and security. Following their win at the Smart Cities & IoT Innovation Awards 2024, these insights were shared in exclusive interviews.
Thales' solutions can seamlessly integrate with various connectivity providers for IoT networks, ensuring reliable operations with advanced technologies and robust services. They offer comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, focusing on core aspects such as device identity management and hardware secure modules (HSMs).
Smart Grid Applications and Secure Automotive Data are among the real-world applications where Thales provides cybersecurity solutions. The company is also aware of the regulatory impacts, such as the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) and the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which will influence IoT security approaches.
Stephane Quetglas, the Marketing Director at Thales Cyber security and Digital Identity, discussed these insights and best practices in IoT connectivity and security during the interviews.
Securing Pipelines and Data Compliance
Thales ensures secure application deployment environments and compliant data handling, crucial in IoT ecosystems where multiple devices and data streams interconnect.
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Given the prevalence of insider threats, Thales highlights strong IAM practices as fundamental for preventing unauthorized data access and device manipulation in IoT networks.
Use of Industry Standards and Frameworks
Thales advocates for the use of ISO 27001 and complementary standards such as NIST CSF, NCSC CAF, NIS regulations, and OT-specific frameworks (e.g., IEC 62443) for a holistic cybersecurity posture covering both IT and OT domains in IoT deployments, especially critical infrastructure.
Combining Security with Connectivity Innovation
Thales recognizes emerging technologies like 5G and cloud integration as opportunities to enhance IoT operational efficiency while embedding security from design to deployment.
Acquisition to Expand Security Capabilities
Thales' acquisition of Imperva marks its entry into application security, broadening its cybersecurity scope encompassing data, applications, and IoT device security, which indirectly supports stronger IoT connectivity and protection.
While these insights come from multiple interviews and statements intersecting IoT security, critical infrastructure, and cybersecurity innovations, Thales portrays a clear picture: effective IoT security demands blending compliance-driven frameworks, advanced identity controls, secure data pipelines, and emerging technology adoption in a cohesive, continuously improving cybersecurity strategy.
The interviews are now available for reading, following a free registration. Thales is also preparing for the latest GSMA IoT standard SGP.32.
Thales, with its advanced technology solutions, seamlessly integrates reliable cybersecurity features into various IoT networks, focusing on aspects like device identity management and hardware secure modules (HSMs). In the context of critical infrastructure and IoT ecosystems, Thales secures application deployment environments and ensures compliant data handling to prevent unauthorized data access and device manipulation, by utilizing industry standards such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and IEC 62443.
