Thales has announced that its Friendly Hackers team has won the CAID (Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Defense) challenge organized by the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) as part of the 5th edition of European Cyber Week, held in Rennes from November 21 to 23, 2023.
The challenge, the first of its kind organized by the DGA, aimed to assess the attacking teams' abilities to exploit certain intrinsic vulnerabilities in AI models.
' While AI brings considerable benefits to operational staff, it must be highly secure and cyber-secure to avoid any misuse. Thales implements a range of AI-based solutions, suitable for all military and civilian uses', says David Sadek, vice-president research, technology & innovation at Thales, in charge of Artificial Intelligence.
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).
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