Name: NHS CAF Principles In Focus: Detecting Threats and Building a Proactive Cyber Defence
Start: 2026-02-19T10:00:00Z
End: 2026-02-19T10:00:45.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

Thales is a global leader in cybersecurity, helping the most trusted companies, organizations and governments around the world protect critical applications, sensitive data, and identities anywhere at scale. Through our innovative services and integrated platforms, Thales helps customers achieve better visibility of risks, defend against cyber threats, close compliance gaps, and deliver trusted digital experiences for billions of consumers every day.

Insider threats are an ever-present and evolving challenge for organizations of all sizes, often resulting in data breaches, financial loss, and damage to reputation. In this dedicated Thales webinar, we will examine the latest developments and trends in insider threats, exploring both intentional and inadvertent risks posed by employees, contractors, and trusted partners. Gain insights into real-world scenarios and learn how organizations are detecting, responding to, and preventing insider incidents. We’ll share best practices for effective policy development, and how Thales technology gives you robust access controls, while leveraging cutting-edge behavioural analytics and monitoring technologies. Join us to discover actionable strategies and solutions to strengthen your defence against insider threats, safeguard your sensitive information, and foster a security-conscious culture from within.

Inside the Perimeter: Modern Strategies and Solutions for Contending with Insider Threats

Join Thales Professionals for an exclusive deep-dive into the UK-specific findings from our highly anticipated Data Threat Report 2026. This essential session will spotlight the latest trends, statistics, and insights shaping the data security landscape across the United Kingdom. Our experts will unpack critical challenges facing UK organizations, from ransomware escalation and insider threats to cloud migration risks and regulatory compliance trends. Discover practical recommendations and forward-looking strategies to proactively strengthen your data protection posture, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate evolving cyber risks in your business. Whether you are a security leader, IT specialist, or business decision-maker, this webinar will equip you with actionable intelligence directly relevant to the UK market—helping you turn insight into action in 2026 and beyond.

Unlocking Insights: Key UK Findings from the Thales Data Threat Report 2026

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing the cybersecurity landscape, enabling organizations to detect threats faster, respond to incidents more effectively, and stay one step ahead of adversaries. Join Thales for an in-depth exploration of how AI solutions are shaping the future of cyber defence. Our experts will examine real-world examples, highlight the benefits and challenges of integrating AI into existing security ecosystems, and showcase the latest AI advancements from Thales that deliver enhanced threat detection and automated response. Learn how you can leverage AI to proactively secure your organization’s digital assets and adapt to the rapidly evolving threat landscape. This interactive session will provide valuable insights for cybersecurity leaders, IT professionals, and anyone interested in building AI-powered resilience.

Empowering Cyber Defence: Harnessing AI for the Next Generation of Threat Protection with Thales

Join HPE and Thales for an engaging webinar as we dive into the dynamic world of cyber resilience one year after the launch of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)! Financial institutions around the world that operate in the European Union have made significant strides in fortifying their defenses, yet critical gaps still persist between the industry's best practices and the baseline requirements for many organizations.
 
This is your chance to hear from industry leaders as we explore the pivotal developments over the past year. We'll shine a spotlight on compliance pitfalls and set the stage for what constitutes good, improved, and best practices in the realm of cyber security.
 
We'll navigate essential topics like risk assessment, attack prevention, and incident response strategies, all while considering how to thrive in an era dominated by Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing.

Financial Services Cyber Resilience 1 year after DORA

Quantum computing is redefining the cybersecurity landscape, challenging the cryptographic foundations that safeguard financial data, transactions, and trust. As APAC regulators push for quantum-resilient security frameworks and stronger compliance readiness, financial institutions must act now to stay ahead of the risks from quantum computing.
This session offers a comprehensive perspective on the quantum threat horizon, including:
- what makes it urgent, how it impacts the FSI sector;
- gain insights into the evolving regulatory landscape and real-world quantum risks;
- practical steps to secure the transformation with quantum-safe approaches 
Join us now to ensure your financial institution is ready for a quantum-resilient future.

Future-Proofing Finance: Navigating Quantum Risks and Compliance

This session in the NHS Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)-aligned DSPT series explores the Protect function of the framework and how NHS organisations can implement effective, proportionate security controls to safeguard patient data and critical services. With cyber threats continuing to evolve, strong protection measures are essential to maintaining trust, resilience, and continuity of care.

Join Thales experts to learn how to:

• Protect access and identities using multi-factor authentication and adaptive, context-aware security policies.
• Centralise access control across multiple hybrid environments through a single, unified view.
• Secure data at rest, in motion, and in use with encryption aligned to FIPS 140-2 standards.
• Monitor data usage and consistently enforce security policies across hybrid IT environments.
• Continuously monitor cyber traffic to detect and prevent threats targeting applications.
• Mitigate DDoS attacks in seconds and prevent malicious bot activity before services are disrupted.

NHS CAF Principles In Focus: Protecting Data Through Strong Security Controls

As organizations accelerate their move toward phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication, managing FIDO hardware security keys at scale has become a major operational challenge—especially for highly regulated sectors such as banking and large enterprises.  
 
Join Thales and Microsoft for an exclusive webinar introducing the new joint solution that brings together Thales Authenticator Lifecycle Manager and Microsoft Entra ID to simplify and secure every stage of your FIDO authenticator lifecycle. 
 
Discover how IT teams can streamline onboarding with pre-registration, centrally enforce security policies, and rapidly unblock or revoke FIDO authenticators  —all while maintaining full auditability for compliance. Learn how security leaders can strengthen governance, reduce operational overhead, and future-proof their authentication strategy with a cloud-native, interoperable platform designed for scale. 
  
If you’re looking to eliminate friction in your passwordless rollout and gain end-to-end control over hardware authenticators, this session is not to be missed. 

Key takeaways: 
• Accelerate your passwordless rollout at scale by eliminating manual processes and reducing friction for both users and IT teams. 
• Enhance security and resilience with end-to-end control over FIDO authenticators across issuance, onboarding, recovery, and revocation. 
• Future-proof your authentication strategy with a scalable, interoperable approach jointly delivered by Thales and Microsoft.

Fast Track to Passwordless at Scale: Simplified FIDO Management for the Enterprise

With 80-90% of data being unstructured and created in the cloud , Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) is becoming essential for organizations to understand what data they have, what the risks are to their sensitive data, and understand the journey data takes in their business environment. While this initial visibility and understanding about data and data risks are valuable, it's what comes next that helps you to achieve an outcome for a particular use case. 

Join our featured speakers, Todd Moore, Thales VP of Data Security, and featured speaker Heidi Shey, principal analyst, Forrester, as they discuss how organizations must evaluate automated data security technologies like data security posture management to track and protect data throughout its life cycle.

Attendees will learn:
• Where to look for security gaps in your organization’s current data protection strategy
• Which data security use cases should be prioritized for successful DSPM adoption
• Why DSPM needs to go beyond cloud-centric visibility and native controls
• How artificial intelligence (AI) and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) will impact your data security strategy.
• Plus, Todd Moore will share how Thales can help your team and organization proactively protect your most critical data and prioritize risk mitigation.

Whether you are planning a deployment or refining your current data security strategy, you’ll gain actionable steps to drive better security outcomes and maximize value.

From Visibility to Value: Leveraging DSPM to Safeguard the Data Lifecycle

AI技術の急速な発展により、これまで専門的なスキルを要したボット攻撃の実行ハードルが大幅に下がっています。その結果、悪性ボットによる通信量は前年比2倍以上に増加し、企業のWebサイトやアプリケーション、APIを狙った攻撃が急激に拡大しています。
本セミナーでは、AIを悪用したボット攻撃の最新動向や、その背後にある攻撃者の手口を解説するとともに、企業が今取り組むべきデータ保護・防御対策の最前線について紹介します。弊社が発行する「悪性ボットレポート」の最新データをもとに、検知・防御のポイントをわかりやすくお伝えします。

「前年比2倍超」悪性ボット通信の実態と、AI悪用ボット攻撃への対策最前線

The newly released Thales 2025 Data Threat Report Healthcare & Life Sciences Edition points to a pivotal shift in global cybersecurity. For healthcare and life sciences organizations, the digital risk landscape is becoming more volatile, and the accelerated adoption of generative AI is adding both promise and peril.

While GenAI offers remarkable opportunities for innovation, its rapid rollout often outpaces security safeguards—putting sensitive data in the crosshairs. With many security teams still grappling with new AI-driven architectures, strengthening data protection has never been more urgent.

In this webinar, we’ll share key findings of the Threat Report with a focus on Healthcare & Life Sciences organizations and the steps they’re taking to address compliance mandates, third-party risks, and a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Analyst Report: The State of Cybersecurity and AI in Healthcare & Life Sciences

This session in the NHS Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) series explores the Identify function of the framework, focusing on how NHS organisations can uncover hidden risks, strengthen asset visibility, and build a clear understanding of their threat landscape. By identifying vulnerabilities early, healthcare providers can take proactive steps to protect critical systems and patient data. Join Thales experts to discover how to:
• Find and classify sensitive data based on regulatory and organisational requirements.
• Use machine learning to enhance risk detection accuracy and scoring.
• Inspect incoming requests to applications, identify malicious activity, and block attacks before they impact services.

NHS CAF Principles In Focus: Identifying Cyber Risk

Are you aware that 33% of critical infrastructure organizations are in advanced stages of AI adoption, but that 73% cited the fast-moving AI ecosystem as their top concern? Or that only 2% of critical infrastructure have encrypted 80% or more of their sensitive cloud data? Discover how to tackle these and other challenges in 2025 with insights from Accenture, S&P Global, and Thales. 

Join us as we delve into the latest data security trends, challenges and expert recommendations from our latest Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition. This report includes the responses from 513 security leaders working for key energy, utilities, telecommunications and transportation organizations around the world.

The webinar will cover: 
• How AI changes the ecosystem and impacts security budgets. 
• The challenges of Quantum Computing  
• With an average of 2.1 IaaS and 102 SaaS platforms, complexity makes security more challenging. 
• The threat landscape, root causes and causes of breaches. 
• Recommendations and guidance. 

Attendees will receive a free copy of the 2025 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, prepared by S&P Global for Thales.

2025 Critical Infrastructure Data Threat Report with S&P Global, Accenture & Thales

As the dawn of quantum computing rapidly approaches, today's cryptographic defenses face unprecedented challenges. Organizations must re-evaluate their security strategies to address emerging quantum threats that will render traditional encryption obsolete. At the same time, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the cybersecurity landscape, offering both new defenses and unique integration opportunities.
Join industry leaders from Thales and Kyndryl for an exclusive webinar, "Navigating Quantum threats: the Good and Bad of the convergence of AI and PQC", where we will explore cutting-edge strategies at the intersection of AI and post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Discover how AI can help identify vulnerabilities, accelerate the transition to quantum-safe architectures, and fortify your organization's defenses against evolving threats.
This session will provide practical insights and actionable recommendations for CISOs, IT Directors, and Business Leaders looking to future-proof their security. Don’t miss this chance to get ahead of the curve in an era where quantum computing and AI define the new frontier of cybersecurity.

Navigating Quantum threats: the Good and Bad of the convergence of AI and PQC

As European organizations navigate evolving regulatory landscapes and increasing cyber threats, the need for digital sovereignty has never been more urgent. Join experts from Microsoft, Thales, and Avanade for a 45-minute session exploring how the Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty empowers public sector and regulated industries - finance, healthcare, and government - to maintain control over sensitive data while meeting compliance and residency requirements.
This webinar will cover:
• The challenges European organizations face in securing sensitive data
• How Microsoft’s Sovereign Cloud, Avanade, and Thales’ cyber security solutions address these challenges
• Real-world examples of risk-based control and compliance in action

Enhanced Security and Risk-Based Control Over Sensitive Data in Microsoft Azure: A Sovereign Cloud Perspective

This session in the NHS Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) series explores the Govern function of the framework, and how NHS organisations can establish clear oversight, accountability, and visibility across their digital environments — turning complex cyber data into actionable insight. Join Thales experts to discover how to:
• Gain visibility, control, and insight over sensitive data and compliance status.
• Produce a uniform data risk status and risk score by consolidating disparate risk metrics.
• Prioritise mitigation through clear, evidence-based recommendations for corrective action.
• Reduce third-party and supply chain risk by protecting applications, data, and identities in the cloud.
• Enforce consistent security policies and regulatory requirements over data, access, and identities.

NHS CAF Principles In Focus: Managing Security Risk, Governance, Assets and Supply Chain

Quantum computing’s potential to break traditional cryptographic algorithms poses an urgent threat to data security, trust, and operational resilience. At the same time, regional regulators are mandating organizations to adopt quantum-resilient cybersecurity infrastructures and ensure robust compliance.
In this webinar, Thales and ASTRI combine their cybersecurity expertise to provide strategic insights into the evolving quantum threat landscape. ASTRI plays a key role in post-quantum computing development, offering valuable guidance to governments and enterprises in the region. Their initiatives drive innovation, helping Hong Kong lead in quantum technology advancement.
Experts will discuss practical strategies to transform your security solutions to withstand quantum threats, integrating post-quantum protections seamlessly into your cybersecurity framework. This session is essential for IT professionals and cybersecurity leaders committed to future-proofing their organizations in the quantum era. 
Prepare to safeguard your data and applications against tomorrow’s challenges.
Agenda: 
• Quantum threat landscape and PQC Readiness
• Strategic framework for quantum risk mitigation
Remarks: The Fireside Chat will be delivered in Cantonese, with English terminology and presentation materials.

Fireside Chat x ASTRI: Navigating the Transition to Quantum-Safe Solutions [Cantonese]

Customer identity volumes in financial and insurance firms are growing rapidly, with typical stacks spanning four or more vendors. This complexity fuels friction, elevates security risks -- including emerging threats like AI-powered deepfakes and synthetic identities -- and increases regulatory exposure. 

In Thales’ latest survey, 70% of financial firms face platform sprawl, and over half struggle to balance security, customer experience, operational efficiency, and regulatory requirements. Left unchecked, these challenges put revenue, reputation, and compliance at risk during one of the busiest business cycles of the year. 

Join financial services leaders, strategists, and technologists for a peer-driven discussion on simplifying Customer Identity and Access Management. Hear real-world experiences, compare approaches across use cases, and gain actionable strategies to streamline identity management, enforce consistent security and compliance, and stay agile in a fast-evolving market.

Key Takeaways:
1. Identify architectural bottlenecks caused by CIAM sprawl across legacy and cloud environments.
2. Explore platform unification strategies to streamline identity orchestration and eliminate vendor overlap.
3. Discover how to enforce consistent security policies across hybrid infrastructure without disrupting UX.
4. Learn scalable, API-first CIAM design patterns to meet evolving compliance and customer demands.
5. Hear how financial institutions align CIAM modernization with business continuity and digital transformation.

Panelists: 
Marissa Schlagenhauf, Financial Services Senior Analyst and Risk Consulting Director, RSM US LLP 
Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan, Cybersecurity Leader, RSM US LLP 
Ammar Faheem, CIAM Product Marketing Director, Thales

Simplifying CIAM to Reduce Fraud, Strengthen Security and Elevate UX

As NHS organisations continue to digitise services and manage sensitive data across complex IT environments, meeting the requirements of the NHS Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) is critical.
 
Join us for this live webinar and Q&A, where Thales cybersecurity experts will demonstrate how Thales can help organizations comply with CAF by addressing essential cybersecurity requirements and automating security, reducing the burden on security and compliance teams through:
- Protecting applications and APIs
- Identifying, protecting, monitoring, reporting and governance of sensitive data
- Providing seamless, secure and trusted access to applications and digital services

Navigating NHS Cybersecurity Assessment Framework (CAF) Compliance with Thales

Navigating the NHS CAF-Aligned DSPT with Confidence

This session in the NHS Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) series focuses on the Detect function of the framework and how NHS organisations can move from reactive security to proactive cyber defence. Early detection is critical to minimising the impact of cyber incidents and maintaining the availability of clinical systems and services.

Join Thales experts to discover how to:
• Monitor API usage, detect anomalies, and identify and prevent web-based attacks in real time.
• Produce comprehensive audit trails and reports for all access events across systems, with seamless log streaming to SIEM platforms.
• Conduct forensic investigations across observed activity to gain deeper insight into security events and support incident analysis.

By improving visibility, monitoring, and investigative capability, NHS organisations can strengthen their ability to detect cyber threats early — supporting CAF compliance and enabling faster, more effective response when incidents occur.

NHS CAF Principles In Focus: Detecting Threats and Building a Proactive Cyber Defence

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