Google to bring AI-powered features to improve data security for Workspace users

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Google has been focusing on security features lately, judging by the number of interventions it has made. It has already deployed an important safety feature for Gmail and now it is looking at the other Workspace products such as Drive to improve data security for its users. In an announcement, Google has highlighted its zero trust model for its Cloud services under which it will be bolstering the way data is kept, interacted with, and added to the system. To enhance the system, Google will be leveraging its AI capabilities.

Google stated in its blog post, “In security, the job is never done, which is why we're unveiling new zero trust, digital sovereignty, and threat defense controls powered by Google AI to help organizations keep their data safe”. Some of the sensitive tasks on Gmail, Drive, and other Google products will now be automated by AI to stay ahead of security threats.

Highlighting the need for these enhancements, Google pointed towards a 38 percent rise in cybersecurity attacks in 2022, where each data breach cost the organization an average of $4.5 million, citing data from Check Point and IBM reports.

For this, Google has decided to improve its zero-trust model. For the unaware, the company defines this model as “a cloud security model designed to secure modern organizations by removing implicit trust and enforcing strict identity authentication and authorization. Under zero trust, every user, device, and component is considered untrusted at all times, regardless of whether they are inside or outside of an organization's network”.

These capabilities will be provided to IT and security teams of organizations leveraging Workspace and will give them more granular controls over data use and access,

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