Telit Cinterion has announced an enhanced secure-by-design products and services offering that builds on Thales’ legacy of security for critical industries.

Following the acquisition of Cinterion IoT assets from Thales at the end of 2022, this partnership is the next logical step in Telit Cinterion’s growth and evolution. 

Prior to the Cinterion portfolio acquisition, both Thales and Telit were actively implementing their respective security strategies. After the acquisition, the Thales and Telit Cinterion product management and product security teams spent time aligning those strategies and the corresponding execution plans, regarding a secure-by-design approach, research and design policies, and product and services roadmap.

The outcome of the analysis and effort is the adoption or continuation of a revised set of processes and policies within Telit Cinterion that builds on both companies’ shared commitment to security.

“In an interconnected world powered by the internet of things, the need for cyber security is paramount,” said Philippe Vallée, executive vice president at Thales. “The increasing number of IoT devices has created a vast digital landscape, ripe for innovation but also vulnerable to malicious intentions. We are totally allied with Telit Cinterion in putting our best collective efforts and expertise into securing data, privacy and critical infrastructures within the IoT ecosystem. This is essential to ensuring that innovation and security coexist for a safer digital future.”

Paolo Dal Pino, CEO at Telit Cinterion, added: “At a time when cyber security in the internet of things is finally taking centre stage with governments and regulators, we are elated to join forces with Thales, our partner and shareholder, to provide the world’s most secure IoT modules, connectivity plans and platforms. For decades, the security of IoT has largely gone unchecked and unregulated and that has been a contributor to the protracted adoption of the technology. We are happy to bring that to an end now.”

The Telit Cinterion product portfolio blueprint combines the aspects of existing product lines and roadmap items. The blueprint also serves as a reference for new platforms and products to integrate best practices and important security features and functions.

Telit Cinterion has also introduced its first 5G redcap IoT modules, leveraging the Snapdragon X35 5G modem-RF system, the first 5G NR-Light modem-RF system. By leveraging Snapdragon X35, Telit Cinterion (www.telit.com) offers an evolution path from mid-speed LTE to cost-effective 5G, ensuring they remain at the forefront of technological progress and can transition seamlessly to the latest technology when the time is right.

As defined by 3GPP release 17, the 5G New Radio (NR) redcap is a mid-tier 5G device class to serve middle-of-the-range IoT use cases. Redcap benefits from the scale of 5G NR networks, while using fewer 5G NR capabilities for an optimum balance of features versus cost and power consumption.

Telit Cinterion’s latest 5G data cards and LGA modules will use the Snapdragon X72 5G modem-RF system.