Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google approaches critical security topics, from fundamentals to AI

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for February 2026. Today, Royal Hansen, vice-president, Engineering, explains how we tackle today’s thorniest cybersecurity challenges. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog . If you’re reading this on the website and you’d like to receive the email version, you can subscribe here . aside_block <ListValue: [StructValue([('title', 'Get vital board insights with Google Cloud'), ('body', <wagtail.rich_text.RichText object at 0x7f0619aadb80>), ('btn_text', 'Visit the hub'), ('href', 'https://cloud.google.com/solutions/security/board-of-directors?utm_source=cloud_sfdc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FY24-Q2-global-PROD941-physicalevent-er-CEG_Boardroom_Summit&utm_content=-&utm_term=-'), ('image', <GAEImage: GCAT-replacement-logo-A>)])]> How Google approaches critical security topics, from fundamentals to AI By Royal Hansen, vice-president, Engineering Royal Hansen, vice-president,