Google Cloud introduces unified surveillance platforms and AI safety agents to simplify operations, triage, and threat intelligence.

Business infrastructure is getting more complex, so keeping it safe is also important. &nbsp,

Some businesses have a patchwork quilt of surveillance tools, which makes it challenging for them to come away with a comprehensive knowledge of their , and the attack surface is larger than ever. Increase in AI and all the risks it entails, and safety teams scramble to keep up. &nbsp,

With a new Google Unified Security system, Google Cloud aims to solve this issue or at least lessen security pain points. At now, the tech giant unveiled the new providing along with new security officials and a number of other safety features. &nbsp,

According to Brian Roddy, VP of product control, and Peter Bailey, VP of security operations at Google Cloud,” Google Unified Security creates a second, flexible, accessible protection data fabric across the whole attack surface.” &nbsp,

promoting preventative safety

Google Unified Security combines the security operations of Google, sky security, threat intelligence, safe enterprise searching, and expertise into a single Gemini-powered platform with semi-autonomous AI. As it provides accessibility across systems, sky, software, and endpoints, it offers proactive protection, according to Google.

According to Roddy and Bailey, the goal is to assist businesses in identifying dangers before they become reality and preventing assailants from entering a program. To help monitoring, restoration, and analyze safety controls against the most recent known intruder activities, the system integrates data from Chrome Enterprise and Google Threat Intelligence. &nbsp,

Google Unified Security improves business security position through computer habits, managed threat hunting, and security validation integrations, according to Michelle Abraham, senior research director for security and trust at IDC. Organizations can benefit from this strategy because it provides a more holistic and organized defense against today’s complex threat landscape, she said. &nbsp,

The automated response capabilities of Google, according to CISO Bashar Abouseido, have “dramatically reduced” the financial services company’s time to resolve investigations while giving better visibility across its computing environment. &nbsp,

Google is changing security operations, and he said it will enable our goal to remain proactive in responding to cyber threats. Our team can now concentrate on strategic initiatives and high-quality work thanks to the platform.

Google Unified Security “brings together a centralized data fabric, integrated threat intelligence, unified SOC and cloud workflows, and agentic AI automation,” according to Adnan Amjad, principal and U.S. cyber leader at Deloitte and Touche LLP, making a powerful platform to drive our clients ‘ security transformation.”

Agents for malware analysis and alert triage

Agentic AI is currently a hot topic in the business because will eventually be able to work independently and carry out tasks on their own. Google is working hard to gain traction in this area by releasing two new semi-autonomous Gemini security agents for malware analysis and alert triage. &nbsp,

An alert triage agent will investigate alerts, their context, and gather pertinent data before rendering a verdict in the company’s Google Security Operations offering. It will provide evidence and step-by-step decision-making to back up this. &nbsp,

Roddy and Bailey write,” This always-on investigation agent will significantly reduce the manual workload of Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts who otherwise are triaging and investigating hundreds of alerts per day.” &nbsp,

In the interim, a malware analysis tool integrated into Google Threat Intelligence will examine potentially malicious code. The agent can write and execute scripts for deobfuscation, which is done when threat actors purposefully reverse engineer or make code that is difficult to understand, as well as provide a final verdict and a summary of its findings. &nbsp,

In Q2 of this year, Google Cloud plans to preview both agents with a select group of customers. &nbsp,

According to Roddy and Bailey, AI agents “act as a catalyst for security teams to reduce toil, establish true cyber-resilience, and initiate strategic program transformation.”

According to them,” Agentic AI is driving a fundamental shift in how security operations are conducted.” Our hope is for the future to be a place where intelligent agents collaborate with human analysts, reducing repetitive tasks, enhancing their decision-making, and allowing them to concentrate on pressing issues.

Google Cloud introduces new DSPM capabilities and compliance management.

AI is undoubtedly one of the most transformative technologies in today’s business, but its widespread application to enterprise workflows also poses a significant security risk. Google Cloud is updating its Security Command Center to include more precise AI safeguards and a” Model Armor” that can be incorporated directly into Vertex AI. &nbsp,

Security teams can discover AI inventory, secure models, and data with the new protections, and spot and respond to threats that specifically target AI systems. With Model Armor, they can implement content safety and security measures for various models and clouds, such as prompts and responses. &nbsp,

Google is also releasing a new data security posture management ( DSPM) tool to help businesses discover and classify sensitive data, establish and enforce data security and compliance controls, and look for violations in addition to these new capabilities. A new compliance manager that provides a comprehensive view of an enterprise’s compliance state is now available in Security Command Center. &nbsp, &nbsp,

Google Cloud Next’s other security announcements include &nbsp, &nbsp,

• Google Security Operations now has new capabilities for managing the data pipeline, allowing businesses to transform and prepare data for use in the future, filter and route it to various destinations, and redact sensitive data. &nbsp,
• updates to Chrome Enterprise, including enhanced phishing protections against lookalike websites and other user portals that attempt to steal user credentials. Organizations can also set up assets and branding to stop phishing attempts that are carried out in secret on their internal domains. &nbsp,
• New Threat Defense service for Google Security Operations for Mandiant. Mandiant experts can collaborate with customers ‘ security teams to support AI-assisted threat hunting, carry out investigations and create plans based on SOAR playbooks for security orchestration, automation, and response ( SOAR ) research. &nbsp,

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