Google Cloud Next '24: Where Crossing the Security and AI Streams Is Encouraged

This IDC Market Note discusses the Google Cloud Next '24 conference where significant advancements in AI and cybersecurity were unveiled, showcasing a shift from qualitative AI commentary to tangible outcomes. It highlighted Google's integration of its most recent large language model (LLM) Gemini 1.5 Pro with security applications in addition to the new Security Command Center Enterprise CNAPP offering and Chrome Enterprise Premium browser.These developments - alongside partnerships with cybersecurity vendors - underscore Google's strategy to integrate AI across security operations, aiming to simplify risk management and bolster security across multicloud environments. The document also discusses the broader implications for cybersecurity including the role of confidential computing and Google's influence on the cybersecurity landscape.