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 …

As enterprises increasingly adopt model context protocol (MCP) to extend capabilities of AI models to better integrate with external tools, databases, and APIs, it becomes even more important to ensure secure MCP deployment. MCP unlocks new capabilities for AI systems; it can also introduce new risks, such as tool …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for September 2025. Today, Daryl Pereira and Hui Meng Foo, from our Office of the CISO’s Asia-Pacific office, share insights on AI from security leaders who attended our recent Google Cloud CISO Community event in Singapore. As with all Cloud CISO …

Securing AI systems is a fundamental requirement for business continuity and customer trust, and Google Cloud is at the forefront of driving secure AI innovations and working with partners to meet the evolving needs of customers. Our secure-by-design cloud platform and built-in security solutions are continuously updated with the …

The security operations centers of the future will use agentic AI to enable intelligent automation of routine tasks, augment human decision-making, and streamline workflows. At Google Cloud, we want to help prepare today’s security professionals to get the most out of tomorrow’s AI agents. As we build …

As organizations race to deploy powerful GPU-accelerated workloads, they might overlook a foundational step: ensuring the integrity of the system from the very moment it turns on. Threat actors, however, have not overlooked this. They increasingly target the boot process with sophisticated malware like bootkits, which seize control before …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2025. Today, Sandra Joyce, vice president, Google Threat Intelligence, talks about an incredible milestone with our Big Sleep AI agent, as well as other news from the intersection of security and AI. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents …

There’s a buzz of excitement here at Tobacco Dock as we welcome our customers and partners to the Google Cloud Summit London. Together, we’re exploring the essential role Google Cloud is playing in driving AI innovation and adoption across the UK. Today is about shining a spotlight …

As organizations build new generative AI applications and AI agents to automate business workflows, security and risk management management leaders face a new set of governance challenges. The complex, often opaque nature of AI models and agents, coupled with their reliance on vast datasets and potential for autonomous action …