Trellix has achieved authorization to deliver its cybersecurity offering to Google Cloud's customers as part of the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program's Build Engagement Model category. Under the partnership program, Trellix will offer its Helix threat detection and response platform and Email Security tool to protect Google Workplace-based emails against phishing, ransomware and attachment-based attacks, the company said Tuesday.

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Google Distributed Cloud Hosted has received authorization to host Top Secret missions for the Department of Defense and Secret and Top Secret missions for the intelligence community. GDC Hosted is an air-gapped cloud offering from Google Public Sector that features data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and zero trust security, according to a Wednesday post on the Google Cloud blog.

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Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector have unveiled a new center of excellence that seeks to help federal agencies improve citizen experience while managing sensitive and classified workloads using data management platforms and generative artificial intelligence technologies. The Data and AI Center of Excellence will provide agency clients with access to Google Cloud's AI-based code generation tools, Vertex AI platform, language models, specialized data and AI experts and AI-optimized infrastructure, the companies said in a joint release published Thursday.

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Apple is reportedly in discussion with Google to license and build the latter's Gemini engine, a set of generative artificial intelligence models, into new iPhone software features. The negotiations come as Apple prepares new generative AI capabilities for the next version of the iPhone operating system, iOS 18, including functions for writing essays and creating images based on simple prompts.

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Google Public Sector has chosen World Wide Technology to operate its new sovereign cloud platforms, Jan Niemiec, GPS managing director of national security, announced Friday. GPS entered into a partnership to make WWT the first managed provider of Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, which will serve federal agencies needing to manage their infrastructure even without internet connection.

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Google has launched a new initiative to provide artificial intelligence-powered digital security tools to help security professionals boost threat detection and response efforts. The AI Cyber Defense Initiative will open-source a new AI-powered tool, called Magika, that uses file type identification to help security defenders detect malware and create the Secure AI Framework to facilitate the sharing of best practices for securing AI systems, Google said Friday.

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ManTech has opened a new Google Workplace Practice dedicated to sharing best practices for advancing the adoption of secure workplace productivity and artificial intelligence across the government sector. The company said Wednesday the new practice aims to enable rapid innovation, prioritize security, build customer-centric products and services and offer training to customers on Google Cloud […] More

Google has released a paper that offers policy recommendations for governments, industry and civil society to deliver the benefits of artificial intelligence to a wide range of people. The AI Opportunity Agenda provides policymakers, civil society and companies with a blueprint for investing in AI infrastructure and advancing innovation, building an AI-ready workforce and promoting AI accessibility and adoption, Kent Walker, president of global affairs at Google and Alphabet, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday.

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Isobar Public Sector and Google Cloud have teamed up to provide public sector customers with artificial intelligence/machine learning, data analytics and other cloud-based capabilities. As Google Cloud's authorized service partner, Isobar will bring cutting-edge offerings to federal, state and local government clients.

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Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said public sector customers seeking to advance digital transformation efforts want three things: moving from legacy information technology systems to the cloud, having security built in and working with technology vendors that could support them. In an interview published Wednesday, Dahut told C4ISRNET about her insights on the adoption of cloud and artificial intelligence technologies by the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

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Deloitte and Google's public sector arm have expanded their strategic alliance to launch a new portfolio of artificial intelligence-powered technologies for government and higher education. Under the partnership, Deloitte will use Google Cloud's generative AI, machine learning and data analytics capabilities to help public sector agencies boost engagement with constituencies, enhance geospatial scenario planning and monitoring and generate mission-driven insights, the professional services provider said Tuesday.

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SAP National Security Services is now compliant with International Traffic in Arms Regulation requirements for the deployment of SAP Ariba on Google Cloud's Assured Workloads platform. Google Cloud announced Wednesday that the ITAR compliance for SAP Ariba, an end-to-end procurement service, will benefit its customers that use Assured Workloads for their ITAR-controlled software or technical information.

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