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Thales announces partnership with Saporo in Belgium

Thales announces partnership with Saporo in Belgium to empower organizations with enhanced cybersecurity resilience

This collaboration brings together Thales’ extensive experience in securing critical infrastructure and digital assets with Saporo’s innovative attack path management platform. This combined offering empowers organizations to continuously identify and prioritize weaknesses in the access structure, simulate attacker behaviors, and take decisive action to mitigate risks before they can be exploited.

Organizations in Belgium are facing an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape, with sophisticated attackers exploiting hidden vulnerabilities to gain access to critical data,” said Geoffrey Lucas, Country Manager in Belgium for cybersecurity activities. “By partnering with Saporo, we offer a revolutionary solution that goes beyond traditional point-in-time assessments.”

About Thales’ cybersecurity activities in Belgium

Thales’ experience and expertise help clients make the right decisions in the development, implementation and management of their cybersecurity. Thales offers its clients in Belgium the services of a local, flexible, innovative and reactive partner with strong expertise in the protection of intangible assets. The Group leverages its deep expertise in security technologies and cyber intelligence to help organizations of all sizes mitigate cyber risks and stay ahead of evolving threats.

Contacts:

geoffrey.lucas@thalesgroup.com

+32(0) 2 899 61 61  cds.thalesgroup.com ​

About Saporo

Created in 2021 in Lausanne, Saporo raised more than 6 millions for the development of a solution helping companies such as, SMEs as well as multinationals, public administrations, universities or hospitals, such as hospitals in France or banks in Switzerland.

Covering a wide range of use cases (Access Segmentation, Forensics, IAM Governance, etc.) Saporo helps IT departments to gain visibility and to strengthen their cyber security in the face of attacks targeting the identity of employees (ransomware, phishing, etc. .). Saporo is the pioneer in continuous identity attack path management, empowering organizations to proactively understand and mitigate cyber risks. The company’s innovative platform leverages graph theory and attack path simulation to continuously map IT environments, identify critical attack paths, and prioritize remediation efforts, enabling organizations to achieve true cyber resilience.

For more info, visit: Saporo - Order in Chaos

About Thales

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies within three domains: Defence & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Digital Identity & Security. It develops products and solutions that help make the world safer, greener and more inclusive.

The Group invests close to €4 billion a year in Research & Development, particularly in key areas such as quantum technologies, Edge computing, 6G and cybersecurity.

Thales has 81,000* employees in 68 countries. In 2023, the Group generated sales of €18.4 billion.

* These figures exclude the ground transportation business, which is being divested

« Saporo est un outil de défense indispensable pour toutes les organisations qui souhaitent avoir une longueur d'avance dans le contrôle des risques au sein de leurs infrastructures de plus en plus complexes. »

Christophe Bouillard
Le CISO de la Banque Mirabaud & Cie

« Saporo répond aux priorités stratégiques de manière ultrarapide, simple et rentable. Saporo anticipe les faiblesses et minimise l'impact commercial des attaques. »

Ludovic Chouet
Le CISO au Centre Hospitalier Dôle

« Saporo est une solution indispensable pour prévenir et combattre les cyberattaques. Saporo nous donne une visibilité sur les trajectoires d'attaque et les problèmes comme aucun autre outil. »

Jean-Baptiste Gard
CISO à l'hôpital St-Quentin
« Saporo fournit des informations immédiates et exploitables pour se concentrer sur ce qui compte le plus dans un environnement chaotique. »
Christophe Morales
CISO chez Netenrich