Google has said that every day Gmail blocks more than 100 million phishing attempts. Google Play Protect scans over 100 billion apps for malware and other issues.
“The past six months have seen some of the most widespread and alarming cyber attacks against our digital infrastructure in history — against public utilities, private sector companies, government entities, and people living in democracies around the world,” says Kent Walker, SVP of Global Affairs at Google.
“We are deeply concerned by these trends. Security is the cornerstone of our product strategy, and we’ve spent the last decade building infrastructure and designing products that implement security at scale: every day Gmail blocks more than 100 million phishing attempts that never reach you. Google Play Protect scans over 100 billion apps for malware and other issues. We strive to deliver the most trusted cloud in the industry.
And we have dedicated teams like Project Zero who focus on finding and fixing vulnerabilities across the web to make the internet safer for all of us,” said Walker in his recently published blog: How Google supports today’s critical cybersecurity efforts.
Google said that in the US, the company is committed to supporting the most recent White House Cybersecurity Executive Order, which makes critical strides to improve America's cyber defenses in key areas.
Google said that it strongly supports modernizing computing systems, making security simple and scalable by default, and adopting best practices like zero trust frameworks.
"As we saw with SolarWinds and the Microsoft Exchange attacks, proprietary systems and restrictions on interoperability and data portability can amplify a network's vulnerability, helping attackers scale up their efforts," Walker emphasized.
"At Google, we've emphasized securing the software supply chain and we've long built technologies and advocated for standards that enhance the integrity and security of software," he added.
