Thales Named Finalists in Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, announces Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Thales payShield 9000 a finalist for the 2012 Global Excellence Awards in the Best Security Hardware Product category and Thales nShield Connect a finalist in the Encryption category. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping raise the bar for others in all areas of technology.

“For more than 40 years Thales has been at the forefront of security and payments technology, and our HSMs are the most widely certified in the industry. This recognition from Info Security Products Guide further demonstrates our commitment to delivering innovative and high quality security solutions to our customers.”

Thales payment hardware security modules (HSMs) protect more than 80% of the world’s card payments. payShield 9000 is the first payment HSM to meet the resilience needs of modern data centers with dual power supplies, and once installed can be managed entirely remotely reducing operational costs and the inconvenience of on-site management. Designed specifically to secure card and mobile payment systems, Thales’s next generation HSM for payment security systems is a high-performance tamper-resistant security platform that protects cryptographic keys and other sensitive information such as customer PINs and cardholder data. Its superior cryptographic processing at 1500 transactions per second (TPS) satisfies the ever increasing demand for performance, and its software packages are configured specifically for card issuers or transaction processors meaning they can purchase exactly what they require.

Thales nShield Connect enables enterprises to add hardened protection to critical applications such as public key infrastructures (PKIs), databases, web and application servers. Using standard cryptographic interfaces, nShield Connect integrates readily with Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (PKI), Entrust Authority Security Manager, RSA Certificate Manager, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, and many other applications, safeguarding the encryption and digital signing keys and processing sensitive data on the trusted appliance.

“We are proud to be recognized as an industry player with both payShield 9000 and nShield Connect being named finalist by Info Security Products Guide,” says Cindy Provin, President of the Americas, Thales e-Security. “For more than 40 years Thales has been at the forefront of security and payments technology, and our HSMs are the most widely certified in the industry. This recognition from Info Security Products Guide further demonstrates our commitment to delivering innovative and high quality security solutions to our customers.”

Visit us at RSA Conference 2012, February 27 – March 2, San Francisco, Booth #723 and learn more about our cloud security, data protection and key management solutions.

For more information about Thales, industry issues and comment, visit: www.thales-esecurity.com, www.keymanagementinsights.com and www.paymentssecurity.com

About Info Security Products Guide Awards

Info Security Products Guide sponsors leading conferences and expos worldwide and plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and market research that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

The Information Technology Security activities of Thales

Thales e-Security is a leading global provider of data encryption and cyber security solutions to the financial services, high technology manufacturing, government and technology sectors. With a 40-year track record of protecting corporate and government information, Thales solutions are used by four of the five largest energy and aerospace companies, 22 NATO countries, and they secure more than 80 percent of worldwide payment transactions. Thales e-Security has offices in France, Hong Kong, Norway, United States and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.thales-esecurity.com

About Thales

Thales is a global technology leader for the defence & security and the aerospace & transport markets. In 2010 the company generated revenues of €13.1 billion, with 68,000 employees in 50 countries. With its 22,500 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners. www.thalesgroup.com

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