Google Cloud Security targets deeper ties with public sector

GOOGLE CLOUD SECURITY is strengthening its focus on public sector partnerships, building on lessons from Singapore and applying them across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region-particularly in India, Jagdish Mahapatra, managing director, Google Cloud Security Japan and APAC, told FE.

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The tech major sees security not as an add-on but as the essential foundation for digital transformation, he added.

“Can we keep security at the forefront and not as an afterthought?” Mahapatra asked, pointing to how critical cybersecurity is considering India’s rapid evolution as a market.

He stressed that the country is in a phase of accelerated digital transformation, creating both opportunities and risks as enterprises and public institutions move workloads to the cloud.

Google Cloud Security’s projects with public sector entities in Singapore, which has advanced regulatory frameworks, are serv-