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As part of Google's commitment to building a strong cybersecurity workforce, the Google Cybersecurity Certificate offers an affordable and accessible pathway to a career in cybersecurity. Despite the urgent need to address this threat, there are currently more than 750,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. We launched the new Cybersecurity Certificate to help employers fill critical roles, and to level the playing field for people of all backgrounds to enter the cybersecurity workforce.
Cloud services providers that aren't based in Europe - like the Big Three - may have to team up with a cloud that is operated and maintained from the EU if they want ENISA's stamp of approval for handling sensitive data. ENISA, the European Union's cybersecurity agency, is currently developing a cybersecurity certification scheme that aims to better protect member-state governments' and businesses' data.
Kubernetes Security Operations Center released the first-ever Kubernetes Bill of Materials standard. While the Software Bill of Materials has moved forward to the point of being a formal part of the NIST requirements required by the USA federal government in federal purchases, this requirement falls short of the deployment stage in the application development lifecycle, where Kubernetes into play.
Even more alarming are the revelations in this year's report about browser session cookies - unquestionably the most prized data exfiltrated by malware. SpyCloud recaptured 1.87 billion malware cookie records tied to Fortune 1000 employees.
We're now making cloud security automation easier for you by releasing CIS hardening components in EC2 Image Builder on Amazon Web Services. Our CIS hardening components help give you more options for building a golden image, especially when you need to automate your image creation process.
Excessive privileges are a continuing headache for security professionals. Cloud environments rely on identity as the security perimeter, and identities are mushrooming and making "Identity sprawl" a serious challenge.
The Google Authenticator app has received a critical update for Android and iOS that allows users to back up their two-factor authentication one-time passwords to their Google Accounts and have multi-device support. Google Authenticator is an immensely popular authentication app with over 100 million installs that lets users generate these one-time passwords for 2FA verification.
Google's cloud division is following in the footsteps of Microsoft with the launch of Security AI Workbench that leverages generative AI models to gain better visibility into the threat landscape.Users, like with Microsoft's GPT-4-based Security Copilot, can "Conversationally search, analyze, and investigate security data" with an aim to reduce mean time-to-respond as well as quickly determine the full scope of events.
"This change means users are better protected from lockout and that services can rely on users retaining access, increasing both convenience and security," Google's Christiaan Brand said. The update, which also brings a new icon to the two-factor authenticator app, finally brings it in line with Apple's iCloud Keychain and addresses a long-standing complaint that it's tied to the device on which it's installed, making it a hassle when switching between phones.
The web giant's announcement of the resulting new features - marketed under the Google Cloud Security AI Workbench umbrella brand - is pretty long winded, so we thought we'd ask its Bard chat bot to summarize it all. Google Cloud Security AI Workbench is a new platform that uses generative AI to help organizations secure their cloud environments.