Thales Nederland
Building a future we can all trust.
Thales in the Netherlands is the international Thales Group’s global centre of excellence and expertise when it comes to radar systems, fire control, combat management and (cyber)security of critical infrastructure (and more!). Of the 81.000 employees of the Thales Group across the globe, an impressive 3000 work across one of our seven sites in the Netherlands. We employ talents from over 35 countries; diverse multi-disciplinary teams are key when it comes to future-proof innovation! We develop solutions using advanced high technology that is both resilient and future-proof, as well as designed to be sustainable and to always put human intelligence front and centre.
In today’s landscape of heightened cyber threats and vulnerable data transfers, data protection is essential. Governments, institutions, and global enterprises trust Thales to design and deliver solutions that safeguard states, cities, and critical infrastructure against evolving cyber risks.
We enable secure information sharing and connectivity, ensuring the continuous benefits of a connected world while maintaining resilience against digital threats. For instance, we provide cyber defence solutions for 9 of the 10 largest internet companies and monitor the information systems of more than 100 clients.
We enable secure information sharing and connectivity, ensuring the continuous benefits of a connected world while maintaining resilience against digital threats. For instance, we provide cyber defence solutions for 9 of the 10 largest internet companies and monitor the information systems of more than 100 clients.
We also protect over 80 percent of global online transactions, and the information systems of 19 of the 20 largest banks worldwide. Because it’s not just about digital data protection, it’s also about protecting your digital identity. Your Dutch driver’s licence was made and secured by Thales! Our identity management and data protection technologies also help people cross borders, energy become smarter, and much more.
Thales Security Operations Centre (SOC)
Thales delivers cyberattack detection and response solutions through its network of Security Operations Centres. These SOC's keep a watchful eye on IT infrastructure, providing round-the-clock supervision of each customer's information systems and launching a coordinated response to any incidents that may occur.
Thales has SOC's all over the world — Australia, Belgium and Luxembourg, France, Hong Kong and Singapore, Morocco, New Zealand, North America, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Our Security Operation Centre in the Netherlands is a sovereign environment. It is hosted in the Netherlands, for the Netherlands. Our services include:
- Prevention: cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, vulnerability management and threat exposure management.
- Detection: real-time threat detection in a range of scenarios using cyber threat intelligence and the infrastructure’s own security components: EDR, NDR, OT sensors, SGWs, etc. They can also use marker searches, search scenarios and other threat hunting techniques.
- Response: routine incident analysis and response, on-demand forensic analysis and reverse engineering, and organising a deployable response in the event of a serious incident or crisis.
Shaping the future of AI and Quantum
Our focus is always on digital technologies that provide critical information for civil as well as military users. We believe that tech such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, extreme connectivity and the cloud will play a crucial role in our national and international security in the years to come. Thales is already part of the technical disruptions that will revolutionise the world of tomorrow.
When it comes to AI, our approach is based on the principles of validity, explainability, security and responsibility, which we consider the defining properties of trusted artificial intelligence. Our research on AI is designed to help us overcome industry obstacles such as minimising the impact of AI on sustainability, safeguarding the importance of human intelligence, and ensuring the transparency of AI decision making. We currently have over 600 experts working for cortAIx, our Group AI accelerator designed to expand the integration of AI technology into all of the company’s sectors of activity (defence, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and digital identity). Our Combat Management System TACTICOS is one of the solutions where AI integration will become more and more important.
Thales also has a vital role to play in quantum encryption. When quantum computer research reaches maturity and their power becomes more widely available, skilled hackers could cripple large networks in minutes. In anticipation of this evolution, hackers have already begun a Harvest Now, Decrypt Later (HNDL) strategy of stealing longer life data they cannot yet access - but will be able to with a quantum computer in the future. We have developed solutions that are crypto-agile by design and can help defend against Harvest Now, Decrypt Later (HNDL) attacks, adopting new communications and key management protocols, and evolving certificates to increase quantum resistance.