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Cyber

Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit Selects Google For Multi-Cloud Security Solution

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 21st, 2020

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Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit Selects Google For Multi-Cloud Security Solution

The Pentagon’s emerging technologies office has tapped Google [GOOG] to provide a secure cloud management solution designed to detect and respond to cyber threats, the company said Wednesday. Google Cloud said its solution will be built on its Anthos platform and will allow the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to run the company’s security services across the major cloud computing offerings, including Microsoft’s [MSFT] Azure and Amazon Web Services [AMZN]. “Google Cloud is a pioneer in ‘zero trust’ security and…

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Army

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