Name: Why Access Security Has Never Been More Relevant to Employee Satisfaction
Start: 2021-11-18T11:00:00Z
End: 2021-11-18T11:00:36.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 5

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.

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

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.

Simplifying CIAM to Reduce Fraud, Strengthen Security and Elevate UX

AI is revolutionizing industries—but is your organization protected?
Join our exclusive three-part webinar series featuring Securing AI, and learn how to strengthen your AI security posture from evolving threats with enhanced visibility, control, and protection. Each session delivers actionable insights from our AI Security experts.

Episode 3 – Securing AI: Mitigating Cyber Risks from DevSecOps
As AI integrates into DevSecOps cycles, new vulnerabilities emerge—from poisoned training data and compromised model repositories to exploited runtime environments.
In our final session of the Securing AI webinar series, our experts reveal how to embed security without slowing innovation
- AI-Specific DevSecOps Challenges
- Built-in Protections
Secure Your Spot Now to ensure your AI pipelines are protected.

Securing AI: Mitigating Cyber Risks from DevSecOps

Many organizations plan on maintaining on-premises resources for the foreseeable future—either because of logistical or security reasons. Whether applications live in the cloud or on-prem, securing authentication and access is non-negotiable. However, security teams struggle to adopt MFA methods that are both resistant to modern attack tactics, while also maintaining a consistent and intuitive user experience, regardless of what (or where) your employees are accessing.  

In this webinar, we will discuss why some forms of MFA fall short, and how FIDO security keys have become the new industry standard for phishing-resistant authentication—now supported and supplied by Thales for all your applications in the cloud and on-prem. Get a first-look at these latest innovations and explore what’s possible with passwordless authentication.

Extending FIDO Authentication from On-Prem to the Cloud

Identity is no longer just about security in the Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) sector — it’s a business-critical priority. 

As institutions grapple not only with AI-driven threats, third-party identity sprawl, eroding customer trust, and intensifying regulatory demands, but also with explosive growth in the number of identities to manage, identity now sits at the core of operational resilience, and if done right, can be turned into a profit center.

This webinar shares key findings from nearly 500 senior executives across the U.S., U.K., Singapore, captured in Thales’ latest survey conducted by ESG: “Identity & Access in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance:” This is one of the largest survey of its kind.

As 2026 roadmaps come into focus, discover how leading institutions are reframing identity, not just as a risk to manage, but as a lever for agility, compliance, and competitive advantage.

Key Takeaways: 

1. Industry Snapshot - An overview of how BFSI organizations are managing CIAM, workforce IAM, and third-party access, highlighting key maturity gaps.

2. Emerging Pressures - An exploration of evolving risks, including regulatory demands, AI-driven threats, and operational challenges impacting identity strategy.

3. Forward-Looking Priorities - Insight into where peers are focusing their identity modernization efforts, and the strategic drivers shaping the 2026 planning.

4. Strategic Guidance - Practical advice to help you refine your IAM roadmap, closing critical gaps while aligning identity with broader business goals.

How Leading Financial Institutions Are Eliminating Friction and Fraud in Digital Access

Data security has shifted from being a bit-part player among a broader cybersecurity discussion to become a standalone discipline, assuming its logical place as the foundation of a wider, multi-tier cybersecurity posture. When organizations can map out and understand their data landscape, they are more confident in their security measures to defend it and reduce the risk of non-compliance —resulting in significant sanctions or penalties from regulators.
In 2026, data security is projected to be the most critical aspect of a digital asset strategy. Data security posture management (DSPM) can provide a firm foundation as your organization builds out transformation projects, including AI and Quantum. 

Join our speakers as we discuss Omdia’s assessment of the DSPM market, qualified vendors, and real-world use cases, including:
• How Omdia defines DSPM into two capability areas: data security and posture management.
• Why AI and quantum introduce new complexities to IT and the DSPM infrastructure.
• What to look for when selecting a vendor.
• How Thales can help build customer-centric business value.

DSPM at a Turning Point: 2026 Outlook for Data Security Posture Management

Finance and insurance firms face a clear and present danger: expanding third-party and B2B risks are stretching identity perimeters to the breaking point. With 74% of organizations seeing surging third-party identity growth and 89% citing external access as a major risk, legacy IAM can no longer keep pace.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how modern B2B IAM serves as financial services’ shield, protecting against breaches while enabling business growth. We’ll explore how risk-based, adaptive IAM can secure vendors, partners, supply chain and external networks, bridging Zero Trust security with business continuity to protect without blocking. Through real-world case studies, expert perspectives, and a practical roadmap, you’ll learn how to balance resilience, compliance, and business growth by modernizing IAM for external and B2B use cases.

Key Takeaways
1. B2B IAM Maturity Assessment: Benchmark your organization’s readiness for modern IAM.
2. Risk-Based Access Insights: Practical guidance on moving from static roles to adaptive, context-aware controls.
3. Third-Party Security Strategies: Tactics for securing vendors, partners, and external networks.
4. Modernization Roadmap: Step-by-step approach to credential vaults, adaptive MFA, and identity orchestration.
5. Resources for Action: Exclusive eBook and whitepaper to reduce your B2B attack surface.

Clear and Present Danger: Securing Third-Party Access with Modern B2B IAM

Descubre cómo las instituciones financieras están transformando la experiencia de pago, combinando seguridad y fluidez. Exploraremos el caso práctico de Click to Pay y Passkey, mostrando estrategias de Autenticación Basada en Riesgo y medidas de prevención de fraude para proteger a todos los usuarios, dispositivos e interacciones frente a deepfakes impulsados por IA, mientras se ofrecen transacciones confiables y sin fricciones que mejoran la satisfacción del cliente y cumplen con los estándares de seguridad más exigentes.

Presentadores:
- Pedro Lara Perez, Identity Expert, Thales
- Rogelio Tejada Galindo, Digital Payment Expert, Thales

Lo que aprenderás:
- Lecciones del caso práctico de Click to Pay y Passkey que pueden aplicarse en tu institución financiera.
- Mejores prácticas para ofrecer pagos confiables y fluidos que mejoran la experiencia del cliente.
- Estrategias efectivas de prevención de fraude frente a amenazas emergentes como deepfakes impulsados por IA.
- Cómo implementar la autenticación con passkey para proteger usuarios, dispositivos e interacciones.

Este taller fue organizado por la Asociación de Bancos de México ABM, A.C.

Construyendo experiencias confiables y fluidas -  Caso Click to Pay & Passkey

En la industria de servicios financieros, proteger la información confidencial es fundamental para mantener la confianza y el cumplimiento. Exploraremos los desafíos únicos que enfrentan las instituciones financieras al administrar secretos, incluidas claves API, credenciales y claves de cifrado. Los expertos de la industria discutirán las mejores prácticas, los requisitos regulatorios y los estudios de casos que resaltan la importancia de la gestión de secretos para proteger los datos de los clientes y mantener la integridad operativa.

El papel fundamental de la Gestión de Secretos en los Servicios Financieros

No setor de serviços financeiros, proteger informações confidenciais é fundamental para manter a confiança e a conformidade. Exploraremos os desafios únicos que as instituições financeiras enfrentam no gerenciamento de segredos, incluindo chaves de API, credenciais e chaves de criptografia. Especialistas do setor discutirão as melhores práticas, requisitos regulatórios e estudos de caso que destacam a importância do gerenciamento de segredos na proteção de dados do cliente e na manutenção da integridade operacional. Os participantes obterão insights acionáveis para fortalecer seus processos de gerenciamento de segredos, garantindo conformidade e resiliência em um cenário em rápida evolução.

O Papel crítico da Gestão de Segredos em Serviços Financeiros

Dans un environnement numérique interconnecté, l’accès des fournisseurs, prestataires et partenaires à vos systèmes est devenu incontournable. Mais ces identités externes échappent souvent aux stratégies IAM traditionnelles, exposant votre organisation à des risques : intégration manuelle, responsabilités floues, suppression d’accès retardée, et manque de visibilité. 

Ce webinaire vous montre comment reprendre le contrôle sans ajouter de complexité. Découvrez des approches concrètes pour sécuriser l’accès externe tout en préservant l’agilité opérationnelle. 

Ce que vous apprendrez : 
- D’où vient réellement le risque lié aux identités externes, et pourquoi il est souvent sous-estimé 
- Comment structurer et sécuriser l’accès externe sans lancer un programme de gouvernance à grande échelle 
- Comment une plateforme IAM B2B peut renforcer votre posture de sécurité à l’échelle de votre écosystème partenaire

Risque lié aux identités externes: Comblez la faille de sécurité dans l’accès externe

AI is revolutionizing industries—but is your organization protected?
Join our exclusive three-part webinar series featuring Securing AI, and learn how to strengthen your AI security posture from evolving threats with enhanced visibility, control, and protection. Each session delivers actionable insights from our AI Security experts.

Episode 2 – Securing AI: Enhancing Data & Application Security
AI systems are only as trustworthy as their data and the applications that process them. As organizations rush to deploy AI, gaps in data protection and application security leave vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit, ranging from model poisoning to sensitive data leaks.
In the 2nd session of the Securing AI Series, our experts will break down actionable strategies to:
- Secure training & inference data
- Harden AI applications against attacks 
Reserve your spot today to strengthen your AI security posture with enhanced visibility, control and protection.

Securing AI: Enhancing Data & Application Security

Join us for an insightful webinar where we delve into the critical importance of digital sovereignty in today's interconnected world. Discover how Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management and Google Workspace Client-Side Encryption are revolutionizing data security. We will explore the benefits of Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) and introduce our new Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) resilient feature, designed to future-proof your data protection strategies. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to maintain control over your data and ensure its security against evolving threats.

Empowering Digital Sovereignty: Google Workspace Client-Side Encryption and Thales Cybersecurity

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, managing secrets such as API keys, credentials, and other sensitive information is crucial for maintaining security and operational efficiency. The "Secrets Management 101" webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges associated with secrets management and present effective solutions to address these issues.

We will explore common problems such as hardcoded credentials and insecure storage and discuss how modern secrets management solutions offer centralized control, enhanced security, and streamlined processes. Attendees will learn about the benefits of implementing a robust secrets management system, including improved protection against unauthorized access, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

Join us to gain valuable insights into best practices for managing secrets, discover real-world success stories, and understand the steps required to integrate a secrets management solution into your organization. This webinar is designed for IT professionals, security experts, and anyone interested in safeguarding their sensitive information.

Secrets Management 101: The Key to Security

Recent shifts in global data regulations have prompted European organizations to re-evaluate their identity and access management strategies. As identity sits at the core of both security and compliance, questions around where platforms are hosted, how data is handled, and who governs access have become more urgent.
 
In this session, Guido Gerrits, VP of Workforce Authentication at Thales, will walk through how security teams can build a future-ready access strategy, tailored to today’s European regulatory landscape, that prioritizes:
   - Local data control and deployment within EU boundaries
   - Strong identity protection for users across the enterprise
   - A roadmap that supports compliance and business continuity

Ideal for IT, security, and compliance leaders looking to proactively adapt to changing global data policies with a strategy rooted in European control.

What Global Security Leaders Need to Know About Sovereign IAM

Hybrid and remote work models have become the norm. At the same time economic resurgence from the pandemic has created a shortage of skilled workers. The combination of these two factors is allowing employees to call the tune about how they want to work, particularly, when it comes to mobility. Join us in this session to hear how your organization can thrive by making sure your employees have secure, convenient access to their apps – wherever they are, on any device.

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