Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2026. Today, we introduce Chris Betz as the new CISO of Google Cloud. For his first Cloud CISO Perspectives, Chris shares four key lessons we learned about using AI to the defender’s advantage while building AI Threat Defense. As …

At Google Cloud, we’re committed to providing the most advanced, secure, and private infrastructure for the most demanding AI workloads, and partnering with a broad and diverse range of organizations to help them meet their AI workload needs. We are thrilled to collaborate with Apple on its expanded …

To defend against the growing range of AI-accelerated threat actors, organizations need to be able to respond faster to outpace the adversary. Recently, we announced Google AI Threat Defense, an automated security system designed to help you continuously monitor for and stop AI-powered threats before they can impact your …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Usman Chaudhary, Field CISO, Google Public Sector, offers a guide for CISOs protecting government agencies and critical infrastructure on how to get started — and get the most out of — defending with AI. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives …

aside_block ), ('btn_text', ''), ('href', ''), ('image', None)])]> AI-powered cyber threats have been receiving a lot of attention lately. AI has changed the threat landscape ; cybercriminals are using it to find security cracks faster than cybersecurity teams can manually fix them. Attacks that used to take weeks to carry out can now …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer, Wiz. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the …

As AI coding agents become deeply embedded in developer workflows, defenders must evolve their definition of malicious files and rethink how to protect against them. Autonomous AI agents operate across integrated development environments (IDEs), editors, terminals, and extension runtimes, and they often have access to local files, command execution …

Managing agents and their actions can quickly grow in complexity and introduce security risks unique to AI. To address these challenges, at Google Cloud Next we announced Agent Gateway to provide simple, secure, and governed connectivity across all user-to-agent, agent-to-agent, and agent-to-tools interactions. As part of Gemini Enterprise Agent …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2026. Today, Francis deSouza, COO Google Cloud and President, Security Products, explains why Google is multicloud and multi-AI, straight from Next ‘26. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog …

aside_block ), ('btn_text', ''), ('href', ''), ('image', None)])]> The AI era demands a new security era. Organizations are facing the dual challenge of harnessing the potential of AI while defending against its malicious use, and Google Cloud can help you adapt and thrive. The latest research from Google Cloud shows that adversaries …

The rapid evolution of AI is redefining industries, while also exposing organizations to new risks. At Google Cloud, we believe that modern cloud defense should have AI protection built in and accessible by default, delivering native guardrails and controls that are essential to ensuring that security strengthens your AI …

Enterprises are rapidly moving AI workloads from experimentation to production on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), using its scalability to serve powerful inference endpoints. However, as these models handle increasingly sensitive data, they introduce unique AI-driven attack vectors — from prompt injection to sensitive data leakage — that traditional firewalls aren't designed …

As ​​developers build AI agents with more sophisticated reasoning systems, they require higher-quality fuel–in the form of enterprise data and specialized tools–to drive real business value. To get the most out of that octane-rich mix, we offer Google-managed model context protocol (MCP) servers: an engine purpose-built for …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for January 2026. Today, Tom Curry and Anton Chuvakin, from Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, share our new report on using Google’s Secure AI Framework with Google Cloud capabilities and services to build boldly and responsibly with AI. As …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2025. Today, Google Cloud’s Nick Godfrey, senior director, and Anton Chuvakin, security advisor, look back at the year that was. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2025. Today, Francis deSouza, COO and president, Security Products, Google Cloud, shares our Cybersecurity Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this …

At Google Cloud, we sit at a unique intersection of two transformative technologies: AI and Web3. The rise of AI agents capable of interacting with blockchains opens up a world of automated financial strategies, fast payments, and more complex scenarios like executing complex DeFi operations and bridging assets across …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for November 2025. Today, Phil Venables, Google Cloud’s current strategic security advisor and former CISO, and creator of this newsletter, shares his thoughts on how the role of the CISO is evolving in the AI era, and how organizations should shift …

India’s developer community, vibrant startup ecosystem, and leading enterprises are embracing AI with incredible speed. To meet this moment for India, we are investing in powerful, locally-available tools in India that can help foster a diverse ecosystem, and ensure our platform delivers the controls you need for compliance …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for November 2025. Today, Sandra Joyce, vice-president, Google Threat Intelligence, updates us on the state of the adversarial misuse of AI. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for October 2025. Today, Jeanette Manfra, senior director, Global Risk and Compliance, shares her thoughts on the role of AI in risk management. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If …

The emergence of the agentic web — an internet where autonomous AI agents can independently execute complex, multi-step tasks and transactions that previously required human interaction — promises a fundamental shift for how customers and businesses interact. While agents can help deliver a frictionless customer experience, they can also enable new …

As AI continues to rapidly develop, it’s crucial that IT teams address the business and organizational risks posed by two common threats: prompt injection and jailbreaking. Earlier this year we introduced Model Armor, a model-agnostic advanced screening solution that can help safeguard gen AI prompts and responses, and …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for October 2025. Today, Kristina Behr, VP, Workspace Product Management, and Jorge Blanco, director, Office of the CISO, explain how a new AI-driven capability in Google Drive can help security and business leaders protect their data and minimize the impact of ransomware …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for September 2025. Today, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza offers his insights on how boards of directors and CISOs can thrive with a good working relationship, adapted from a recent episode of the Cyber Savvy Boardroom podcast. As with all Cloud CISO …