Google was born in the cloud and has been built from the ground up to mitigate the unique threats for cloud systems. They make the performance and reliability used to run Google available to businesses, schools and government institutions around the world.

The technology, scale and agility of their infrastructure bring unique security benefits to Google Cloud users. The vast network of data centres is built with custom-designed servers that run our their operating system for security and performance. Because Google controls its entire hardware stack, they are able to quickly respond to threats that may emerge.

Google employs more than 550 full-time security and privacy professionals, including some of the world’s foremost experts in information, application and network security. Just like all teams at Google, this team is constantly innovating and making the future more secure, not just for Google’s billion users, but for the entire Internet.

It is this unique combination of people, technology and agility that ensure that your data is secure at Google. For more information, have a look at the Google Apps Security White Paper.