BT and Google Cloud report a partnership whereby BT will become a managed services delivery partner for Google’s Autonomic Security Operations (ASO) offering based on Google Chronicle.
ASO is described the the firms as a holistic framework that combines principles, practices, and tools that enable organisations to take an automated approach to threat management. Underpinned by Chronicle’s peta-byte scale detection, a data lake powered by Google Cloud’s data and analytics platform BigQuery, and analytics via Looker, the solution decreases the time to detect and respond to threats, the firms add; essential in the face of an increasing volume and complexity of cyber-attacks.
Customers will have support from BT’s Security Advisory Services staff. Tris Morgan, Managing Director, Security at BT, said: “Combining Google Chronicle’s capabilities with BT’s view of global networks and experience of providing managed security services is a really exciting prospect. The ASO solution will help our customers to rapidly identify risks and automatically enhance their cyber defences—providing the speed that’s essential to combating cyber-attacks. It represents the first step in our partnership with Google Cloud on cybersecurity, with both companies committed to providing new innovations and solutions that help organisations stay ahead of an increasingly threatening cyber threat landscape.”
And Magali Bohn, Global Director, Partnerships & Channels at Google Cloud Security said: “Our partnership brings the best of BT’s experience in deploying big data-based security platforms with Google Cloud’s innovative security capabilities to help our multinational customers transform their approaches to cyber risk management in the face of a rapidly changing threat landscape.”
BT Group’s data is already stored in Google Cloud to support its analytics and AI. BT and Google Cloud will also seek to incorporate solutions from Mandiant, the cyber threat intelligence firm acquired by Google in 2022.
