{"id":42296,"date":"2021-07-21T11:06:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T11:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=d46b60ad070dd9134f0d8679d108d392"},"modified":"2021-07-21T11:06:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T11:06:48","slug":"google-cloud-beefs-up-security-following-surge-in-ransomware-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/google-cloud-beefs-up-security-following-surge-in-ransomware-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cloud beefs up security following surge in ransomware attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Sabina Weston<\/a><\/span>
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21 Jul, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Google Cloud<\/a>\u00a0has announced two new capabilities centred around bolstering cloud security measures, following the recent\u00a0surge in ransomware attacks<\/a>\u00a0which many fear could lead to\u00a0a\u00a0global digital pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These include Cloud IDS, a managed intrusion detection system, as well as a stack of products, integrations and tools known as Autonomic Security Operations.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile Cloud IDS aims to help organisations detect malware,\u00a0spyware<\/a>, command-and-control attacks, and other network-based threats, the Autonomic Security Operations offers highly automated threat management and is marks the first stage in\u00a0BT<\/a>\u00a0and Google\u2019s new\u00a0security<\/a>\u00a0partnership.<\/p>\n

The UK operator\u00a0will help roll out the new Google Cloud products to the managed security services market, the tech giant has announced, with BT Security managing director Kevin Brown adding that the company is \u201cthrilled to partner with Google to bring Autonomic Security Operations to the global market through a managed security service offering\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deep experience we\u2019ve gained from protecting the world\u2019s largest brands and our networks across 180 countries will combine with Google\u2019s technology vision and capabilities through ASO, providing our customers with world-class security capabilities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, for Cloud IDS, Google Cloud has enlisted\u00a0Palo Alto Networks<\/a>\u00a0to power the tool within its advanced threat detection technologies.\u00a0The stack, which targets regulated industries such as financial services, retail, and healthcare, aims to be easy to operate and deploy, with Google being in charge of managing scaling, availability, and threat detection updates.<\/p>\n

These sectors are especially vulnerable to\u00a0ransomware<\/a>\u00a0attacks, with hackers recently targeting both\u00a0Irish<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0US health services<\/a>, as well as US department store retailer\u00a0Kmart<\/a>\u00a0late last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Google Cloud Security VP and general manager Sunil Potti said that the new products have been launched due to the fact that cyber security has \u201crisen to the forefront of concerns for enterprises and governments around the globe.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttacks ripping across the software supply chain, zero-day issues in widely used email services, and ransomware attacks on\u00a0critical infrastructure industries<\/a>\u00a0all provide evidence that adversaries are getting bolder, more successful and more prevalent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Cloud IDS is available for free for the duration of the public preview, while those interested in Autonomic Security Operations have been asked to contact Google Cloud\u2019s Sales team. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sabina Weston<\/p>\n

21 Jul, 2021 <\/p>\n

Google Cloud\u00a0has announced two new capabilities centred around bolstering cloud security measures, following the recent\u00a0surge in ransomware attacks\u00a0which many fear could lead to\u00a0a\u00a0global digita…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42297,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42296\/revisions\/42297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}