Google Cloud has on Thursday unveiled Indonesia BerdAIa for Security, a cybersecurity-focused program that empowers organizations with best-in-class Google Cloud Security solutions, expertise, and training to bolster the cyber resilience of Indonesia’s key economic sectors and digital landscape.

Google Cloud said in a statement that core to the program is the launch of Google Cloud’s new security operations data region in Indonesia, hosted in Google Cloud data centers located in Jakarta.

This allows more organizations in Indonesia, including government agencies and enterprises in regulated industries, to take advantage of the intelligence-driven, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Google Security Operations platform while meeting their local data residency requirements.

It is noted that research revealed that by embracing advanced AI-enabled security platform tools and threat intelligence, local organizations can transition from reactive to proactive security strategies, enabling them to reduce cyberattack-related losses by at least IDR 29 trillion ($1.8 billion) over the next five years.

“Financial losses and reputational damage from data breaches stem from three of security’s most deeply-rooted problems: threat overload, toil, and the widening talent gap,

“Indonesia BerdAIa for Security helps organizations overcome these problems,” said Fanly Tanto, Country Director, Indonesia, Google Cloud.

“With access to AI-enabled security operations platform capabilities, actionable threat intelligence at unmatched scale, Mandiant experts, and essential training options, companies can confidently implement a modern approach for faster, more effective cyber threat detection, investigation, and response,

“They will emerge from this program with a defender’s advantage for protecting their most critical assets,” she added.

Indonesia BerdAIa for Security leverages Google Cloud’s proven security transformation framework and comprehensive solution portfolio, as well as its elite security experts and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) partner ecosystem.

It will facilitate independent assessment of an organization’s existing cybersecurity efforts; delivery of in-depth, best-practice recommendations; development of a bespoke strategy and roadmap; deployment of the intelligence-driven, AI-enabled Google Security Operations platform; formulation and tracking of key performance indicators (KPIs); implementation of managed threat defense or co-managed SOC options; workforce cyber-readiness through on-demand, instructor-led, or hands-on courses.

Google Cloud’s local MSSP partner ecosystem consists of Accenture, Astra Graphia Information Technology (AGIT), Deloitte, Elitery (PT Data Sinergitama Jaya Tbk), SQShield (PT Gan Mitra Usaha), and more.

Under the program, Google Cloud and its MSSP partners will also provide subsidized access to Google Cloud Skills Boost for Organizations licenses and Mandiant Academy Learning Passes.

These resources will enable organizations to educate senior management about cyber defense; prepare in-house cloud security engineers and security operations engineers for professional certification; simulate real-world cyberattack scenarios for security teams to rehearse and refine their incident response capabilities; and improve enterprise-wide end-user cyber literacy and hygiene.

Industry-leading organizations like Astra International, Bukalapak, Dipo Star Finance, and Kereta Api Indonesia are amongst the various early-movers that have joined the program.

“Google Cloud has been incorporating machine learning into its security solutions for well over a decade,

“We’ve more recently integrated generative AI tools and AI agents, enabled by Gemini for Security, into these solutions, reducing the time security teams spend triaging and investigating incidents,” said Tanto.

According to her, this is part of Google Cloud’s expansive vision for an agentic SOC, where a connected, multi-agent system works alongside security professionals to autonomously take on routine tasks, augment their decision-making, automate workflows, and empower them to focus on what matters most: the complex investigations and strategic challenges demanding human expertise.

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