Bulgaria fires up Google Cloud for national cyber security | Computer Weekly

"Bulgaria's national system integrator, Bulgaria Information Services (BIS) has deployed Google Cloud's Cybershield service to enhance the eastern European country's national cyber defence capabilities, one of the first such implementations of Cybershield in Europe, which it claims will position Bulgaria as a flagship for centralised, AI-powered cyber security."

"Backed by funding from the European Union (EU) - reflecting a regional mandate to better secure the bloc's eastern border - the project is designed to consolidate cyber intelligence and telemetry to enable BIS to reduce the mean time to detect and respond to threats to 54 Bulgarian government and public sector entities, moving from a reactive to a proactive posture."

"With rapid, AI-driven evolution of cyber threats rendering many traditional defences obsolete, the collaboration will form a key plank of Bulgaria's National Cyber Defence Strategy, which is seeking to address this challenge by setting up a federated, cross-body security operations centre (SOC)."

"As part of this centralised approach to cyber, BIS will use Google Cloud Security Operations and Google Threat Intelligence incorporating frontline insights from Mandiant, to enable the government bodies in scope to respond quickly and holistically, backed by Google Cloud's secure-by-design infrastructure."

Bulgaria’s national system integrator, Bulgaria Information Services (BIS), deployed Google Cloud’s Cybershield to strengthen national cyber defence capabilities. The implementation is among the first in Europe and aims to position Bulgaria as a flagship for centralized, AI-powered cyber security. Funded by the European Union, the project consolidates cyber intelligence and telemetry to reduce mean time to detect and respond to threats affecting 54 Bulgarian government and public sector entities. The effort shifts operations from reactive to proactive. BIS plans to build a federated, cross-body security operations centre aligned with Bulgaria’s National Cyber Defence Strategy. BIS will use Google Cloud Security Operations and Google Threat Intelligence, incorporating frontline insights from Mandiant, to enable faster, more holistic responses using secure-by-design infrastructure.

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