Google announces new efforts to protect journalists and high-risk users from cyberattacks

guest · Oct 8, 2021

Google announces new efforts to protect journalists and high-risk users from cyberattacks
October 8, 2021
https://www.zdnet.com/article/googl...alists-and-high-risk-users-from-cyberattacks/

Google announced on Friday that it would be delivering a slate of new cybersecurity protection features for high-risk users one day after telling about 14,000 Gmail users that they had been targets of Russian-government group APT28.

In a blog post, Google said there was an increasing number of cyberattacks targeting high profile individuals and groups, forcing them to take extra measures and create a team "dedicated to detecting and stopping the world's most sophisticated cyber criminals."

"We're excited to be working with these leading organizations to protect high risk user groups and learn more about the needs of at-risk users and organizations. These collaborations help us make the world's most advanced security even stronger, more inclusive and easier to use – helping everyone stay safer with Google," the company explained.
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Google also announced new partnerships with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), UN Women and nonprofit Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC).

Google is working with IFES on global educational security programming for human rights workers and groups online, providing free security keys for attendees of the group's global cyber hygiene trainings. The group has provided specific support to journalists in the Middle East and women activists in Asia through their virtual "She Leads" series.
By next year, Google said it plans to expand its work with the group "through a continued contribution of Titan Security keys and educational materials for their high risk user trainings."
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Google also noted that it partnered with the DDC to deploy a publicly-available cybersecurity Knowledge Base to help campaigns and political organizations with cybersecurity information.

"The Knowledge Base includes step-by-step instructions for turning on better security protections including APP. Through the Knowledge Base and direct work with eligible campaigns, DDC provides hands-on assistance for getting cybersecurity tools implemented," Google explained.
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