Thales Identity & Access Management (IAM) is a comprehensive portfolio of identity and access solutions designed to help organizations secure digital identities and ensure that the right users have access to the right resources at the right time and for the right reasons. Thales combines customer and workforce identity capabilities with strong authentication, single sign-on, adaptive access control, identity verification and authorization to protect applications, data and digital services across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments.
Thales IAM solutions support a wide range of identities, including customers, employees, partners, suppliers and gig workers. The portfolio enables organizations to secure digital interactions while providing users with convenient and flexible authentication experiences across applications, devices and environments.
Key Features
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Thales provides multiple authentication methods and authenticators, including OTP, PKI, FIDO and hardware or software-based authenticators. Organizations can select authentication methods based on their security requirements, user type and risk level.
Insider Threat Deterrence
Discourage intentional or accidental data leaks by making every screen visibly traceable. Personalized watermarks reinforce user accountability and reduce the likelihood of sensitive information being photographed or shared.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Thales enables users to securely access multiple cloud and web applications through a single identity, reducing password fatigue while allowing organizations to centrally manage authentication and access policies.
Adaptive & Risk-Based Authentication
Authentication policies can adapt to users, applications and contextual risk, enabling organizations to apply stronger authentication when additional assurance is required.
Passwordless Authentication
Thales supports modern passwordless authentication approaches, including FIDO2 passkeys and other strong authentication technologies designed to reduce dependence on passwords.
Identity Verification
Identity verification capabilities help organizations establish and validate digital identities during onboarding and access journeys, particularly for customer-facing and regulated digital services.
Identity Orchestration
OneWelcome Identity Platform provides identity journey orchestration capabilities that allow organizations to design and manage digital identity journeys such as onboarding, login and self-service using prebuilt flows, identity sources and connectors.
Fine-Grained Authorization
Thales supports granular authorization capabilities to help organizations control what authenticated users are allowed to access and what actions they can perform.
Extensive Integrations
Thales IAM integrates with cloud and web applications through standard technologies such as SAML and OIDC, as well as a broad catalog of prebuilt integrations.
Benefits
Secure Every Identity
Protect customers, employees, partners, suppliers and other users with authentication and access controls appropriate to their individual use cases.
Strengthen Access Security
Combine MFA, passwordless authentication, adaptive access policies and risk-based authentication to reduce unauthorized access risks.
Simplify User Access
SSO enables users to access multiple applications through a unified identity while reducing password-related friction and support requirements.
Improve Digital User Experience
Organizations can design flexible authentication and identity journeys that balance security with convenience.
Support Cloud Transformation
Secure access to cloud applications and hybrid environments while maintaining centralized control over authentication and access policies.
Protect Digital Banking & Customer Services
Thales supports customer identity, identity proofing, strong customer authentication and risk management for digital banking and other regulated digital services.
Reduce IAM Complexity
A modular portfolio allows organizations to combine identity applications, authentication technologies and access management capabilities according to their specific requirements.
Thales IAM Components
Thales Identity & Access Management brings together several solution areas:
1. OneWelcome Identity Platform
A flexible identity platform designed for customer, partner and supplier identities, with modular identity applications that can be combined according to organizational requirements. It supports authentication methods including FIDO2 passkeys, hardware tokens, smart cards and software authenticators.
2. SafeNet Trusted Access
A cloud-based workforce IAM service providing authentication, SSO, MFA and scenario-based access policies for cloud and enterprise applications.
3. Thales Authenticators
A portfolio of authentication technologies supporting OTP, PKI and FIDO protocols across hardware, virtual, software and mobile authenticators.
4. SafeNet Authentication Server
An on-premises authentication platform designed to provide centralized authentication capabilities for organizations requiring local infrastructure and management.
5. Digital Identity & Banking
Thales provides identity capabilities for digital banking, including identity proofing, strong customer authentication and risk management. IdCloud is now part of the OneWelcome Identity Platform.
Why Thales Identity & Access Management?
Organizations increasingly operate across cloud applications, hybrid infrastructures and digital services while supporting multiple types of users. This creates a need to secure identities without creating unnecessary friction for legitimate users.
Thales addresses this challenge through a broad IAM portfolio that combines identity management, authentication, access management, identity verification and authorization. Organizations can deploy the capabilities they need while integrating with existing applications and identity environments.
The portfolio also supports both workforce and customer-facing use cases, allowing organizations to apply consistent identity security across employees, customers, partners, suppliers and other digital identities.
Ideal For
- Banks and financial institutions
- Enterprises with hybrid and cloud environments
- Government and public-sector organizations
- Healthcare organizations
- Telecommunications companies
- Organizations with large customer identity environments
- Businesses requiring strong workforce authentication
- Organizations implementing Zero Trust access strategies
- Companies migrating applications to the cloud
- Organizations requiring secure digital onboarding and authentication
Security & Compliance
Thales IAM solutions are supported by industry security certifications and standards. OneWelcome Identity Platform and SafeNet Trusted Access have completed SOC 2 Type II audits and have been assessed against ISO 27001. SafeNet Trusted Access and IdCloud have also achieved CSA STAR Level One and Level Two recognition.
Thales Identity & Access Management at a Glance
| Capability |
Thales IAM |
| Solution Type |
Identity & Access Management Portfolio |
| Identity Types |
Customer, Workforce, Partner, Supplier & Gig Worker |
| MFA |
Yes |
| SSO |
Yes |
| Passwordless / FIDO2 |
Yes |
| Adaptive Authentication |
Yes |
| Risk-Based Authentication |
Yes |
| Identity Verification |
Yes |
| Identity Orchestration |
Yes |
| Fine-Grained Authorization |
Yes |
| Access Policies |
Yes |
| Authentication Methods |
OTP, PKI, FIDO & more |
| Deployment |
Cloud, Hybrid & On-Premises |
| Application Integration |
SAML, OIDC & Prebuilt Integrations |
| Key Solutions |
OneWelcome, SafeNet Trusted Access, Authenticators & SafeNet Authentication Server |