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 …

Imagine transforming a sprawling, 20-year-old telecommunications data ecosystem, laden with sensitive customer information and bound by stringent European regulations, into a nimble, cloud-native powerhouse. That's precisely the challenge Deutsche Telekom tackled head-on, explains Ashutosh Mishra. By using Google Cloud's Sovereign Cloud offerings, they've built a groundbreaking "One Data Ecosystem …

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 …

The landscape of business intelligence is evolving rapidly, with users expecting greater self-service and natural language capabilities, powered by AI. Looker’s Conversational Analytics empowers everyone in your organization to access the wealth of information within your data. Select the data you wish to explore, ask questions in natural …

For organizations with stringent sovereignty and regulatory requirements, Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped delivers a fully-managed experience with critical advanced networking capabilities. But operating in a completely isolated environment presents some unique networking challenges. Routine tasks become significantly more complex and manual, demanding more planning and bespoke solutions than …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2025. Today, Thiébaut Meyer and Bhavana Bhinder from Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO discuss our work to help defend European healthcare against cyberattacks. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the …

In today's cloud landscape, safeguarding your cloud environment requires bolstering your Identity and Access Management (IAM) approach with more than allow policies and the principle of least privilege. To bolster your defenses, we offer a powerful tool: IAM Deny Policies. Relying only on IAM Allow policies leaves room for …

We are excited to announce that Google has been named a Strong Performer in The Forrester WaveTM: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025, in our first year of participation. The report acknowledges Google Cloud’s vision which relies heavily on Mandiant’s roots in threat-intelligence-driven security operations, which are evident …

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 …

To help protect against evolving digital threats like ransomware and malicious deletions, last year, we introduced backup vault in the Google Cloud Backup and DR service, with support for Compute Engine VM backups. This provided immutable and indelible backup capabilities for mission-critical VMs, for both VM metadata and all …

Credentials are an essential part of modern software development and deployment, granting bearers privileged access to systems, applications, and data. However, credential-related vulnerabilities remain the predominant entry point exploited by threat actors in the cloud. Stolen credentials “are now the second-highest initial infection vector, making up 16% of our …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2025. Today, Anton Chuvakin, security advisor for Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO, discusses a new Google report on securing AI agents, and the new security paradigm they demand. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this …

In today's cloud environments, security teams need more than just surface-level visibility; they require actionable insight to ensure that their cloud workloads are safe. Unlike third-party cloud security tools that rely on data available via public APIs, Security Command Center (SCC) is built directly into Google Cloud. This gives …

“There’s no red teaming on the factory floor,” isn’t an OSHA safety warning, but it should be — and for good reason. Adversarial testing in most, if not all, manufacturing production environments is prohibited because the safety and productivity risks outweigh the value. If resources were not a …

You can never be sure when you’ll be the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. For investigative journalist Brian Krebs, that day came on May 12, when his site KrebsOnSecurity experienced one of the largest DDoS attacks seen to date. At 6.3 terabits per second (Tbps …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Enrique Alvarez, public sector advisor, Office of the CISO, explores how government agencies can use AI to improve threat detection — and save money at the same time. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter …

Confidential Computing has redefined how organizations can securely process their sensitive workloads in the cloud. The growth in our hardware ecosystem is fueling a new wave of adoption, enabling customers to use Confidential Computing to support cutting-edge uses such as building privacy-preserving AI and securing multi-party data analytics. We …

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Iain Mulholland, senior director, Security Engineering, pulls back the curtain on how Google Cloud approaches security engineering and how we take secure by design from mindset to production. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this …

Like most organizations, Google Cloud is continually engaging with customers, partners, and policymakers to deliver technology capabilities that reflect their needs. When it comes to digital sovereignty solutions, Google Cloud has worked with customers for nearly a decade. Today, we’re pleased to announce significant technical and commercial updates …

Today’s businesses have a vital need to manage and, when appropriate, transfer cyber risk in their cloud environments — even with robust security measures in place. At Google Cloud Next last month, we unveiled significant advancements to our Risk Protection Program, an industry-first collaboration between Google and leading cyber …

It’s a core part of our mission at Google Cloud to help you meet your evolving policy, compliance, and business objectives. To help further strengthen the security of your cloud environment, we continue regular delivery of new security controls and capabilities on our cloud platform. We announced at …

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2025. Today, Sandra Joyce, vice president, Google Threat Intelligence, will talk about the practical applications of AI in both attack and defense, adapted from her RSA Conference keynote. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are …

Cybersecurity is facing a unique moment, where AI-enhanced threat intelligence, products, and services are poised to give defenders an advantage over the threats they face that’s proven elusive — until now. To empower security teams and business leaders in the AI era, and to help organizations proactively combat evolving …

The daily grind of sifting through endless alerts and repetitive tasks is burdening security teams. Too often, defenders struggle to keep up with evolving threats, but the rapid pace of AI advancement means it doesn’t have to be that way. Today at the RSA Conference, as we introduce …

Gaining comprehensive visibility into threats across your entire digital landscape is paramount for security teams. We’re excited to bring our capabilities, products, and expertise to the upcoming RSA Conference in San Francisco, where you can learn more about our latest innovations, and where we’ll be sharing insight …