EP99 Google Workspace Security: from Threats to Zero Trust

Cloud Security Podcast by Google

Guests:

• Nikhil Sinha, Group Product Manager, Workspace Security
• Kelly Anderson, Product Marketing Manager, Workspace Security

Topics:

• We are talking about Google Workspace security today. What kinds of threats do we have to care about here?
• Are there compliance-related motivations for security here too? Is compliance in the cloud changing?
• How’s adoption of hardware keys for MFA going for your users, and how are you helping them?
• Is phishing finally solved because of that?
• Can you explain why hardware security FIDO/WebAuthn is such a step function compared to, say, RSA number generator tokens?
• Have there been assumptions in the Workspace security model we had to change because of WFH? And what changes with RTO and permanent hybrid?

Resources:

• Google BeyondCorp Enterprise
• “Make zero trust a reality with Google Workspace security solutions” Next 2022 video
• “2021: Phishing is Solved?” (ep40)
• “Zero Trust: Fast Forward from 2010 to 2021” (ep8)