Name: Google Cloud Cybersecurity Forecast 2025
Start: 2024-12-10T16:30:00Z
End: 2024-12-10T16:31:01.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.7

Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. By scaling decades of frontline experience, Mandiant helps organizations to be confident in their readiness to defend against and respond to cyber threats. Mandiant is part of Google Cloud.

Amidst the hype surrounding AI-driven cyber threats, what's actually happening in the wild? Join Google Threat Intelligence experts as they move beyond theoretical discussions of abuse of AI, drawing on real-world observations of how government-backed threat actors have attempted to misuse Google’s AI-powered assistant Gemini for cyber attacks and information operations. Our goal is to shed light on these activities with security professionals to raise awareness and enable stronger protections for all. 

Attendees will gain insights into:

*Specific cases of attempted misuse of Gemini by Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, and Russian government backed actors.
*How AI is being leveraged  across various stages of cyberattacks, from initial reconnaissance to post-compromise activities.
*In-depth analysis of government-backed threat activity and if it represents novel or unique AI-enabled attack or abuse techniques.

Presenters:

*Jamie Collier, Lead Threat Intelligence Advisor (Europe), Google Threat Intelligence Group
*Aurora Blum, Threat Intel Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group
*Bart Inglot, Security Engineer, Google Threat Intelligence Group

Adversarial misuse of generative AI: Analysis beyond the hype

The M-Trends 2025 Report offers a deep dive into the latest global cyber trends and attacker tactics. Based on Mandiant's frontline incident response and threat intelligence from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, this report helps readers stay ahead of the curve by providing insights on the evolving cyber threat landscape.

Join our expert threat analysts on May 13th as they unpack these trending metrics and significant adversary behaviors, and learn how these findings can enhance your security strategy against future attacks.

Topics will include:
*Incident response metrics, including top detection sources and initial infection vectors
*Industry targeting trends

Speakers:
Kirstie Failey, Principal Threat Analyst, Google Cloud
Kelli Vanderlee, Senior Manager, Google Cloud
Alexa Rzasa, Product Marketing Manager, Google Cloud

M-Trends 2025: By the Numbers

Tabletop exercises (TTXs) help organizations evaluate their response to cyber threats, but they can also inform proactive security efforts. This webinar is designed for security teams looking to connect strategic technical exercises with operational defense. Mandiant experts will walk through the process of developing a tabletop exercise and using its scenarios to build a targeted threat hunt.

You will learn how to:
*Design a tabletop exercise
*Extract useful insights
*Apply insights in a structured threat-hunting approach

Presenters: 

Alishia Hui, Sr. Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
Muhammad Muneer, Principal Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
Tanya Wilkins, Product Marketing Manager, Security, Google Cloud (Moderator)

From tabletops to threat hunting: Leveraging tabletop exercises for proactive defense

Join us for a live threat hunting webinar hosted by Google Threat Intelligence experts.

In this session, we will walk through recent threat campaigns, including phishing and vulnerability exploitation. We'll also take a closer look at the activity of a threat actor and provide an overview of the Google Threat Intelligence platform.

The session will conclude with a live Q&A, giving you the opportunity to engage with our experts and enhance your threat hunting practices.

Presenters:
Sara Ouled, Technical product consultant for Google Threat Intelligence, Google Cloud 
Alexandra Martin, Technical product consultant for Google Threat Intelligence, Google Cloud

Threat Hunting with Google Threat Intelligence

Join SANS Principal Instructor Josh Lemon as he unpacks the findings of the highly anticipated SANS 2025 Threat Hunting Survey. In an age where adversaries are leveraging generative AI and exploiting cloud vulnerabilities, understanding advanced threat detection strategies is more critical than ever. This webcast reveals how organizations are adapting their threat hunting practices to combat increasingly sophisticated attacks. 

This webcast provides actionable insights to elevate your cybersecurity practices, including:
*The role of generative AI in reshaping threat detection.
*How to overcome challenges and seize opportunities in cloud-based environments.
*Real-world strategies for defending against supply chain attacks.
*Innovative and practical approaches to stay ahead of emerging threats.

SANS 2025 Threat Hunting Survey: Advancements in Threat Hunting Amidst AI and Cloud Challenges

This webinar, the final session in The Defender's Advantage virtual series, focuses on how Google Cloud Security can help organizations of all sizes activate their defender's advantage by guiding them through the activation of the six critical functions of cyber defense.    

You will learn about:
*The Defender's Advantage methodology and its benefits    
*How Google Cloud Security solutions map to the six critical functions of cyber defense  
*Real-world examples and case studies of how organizations have successfully implemented The Defender's Advantage with Google Cloud Security    

Join us to discover how to make Google part of your security team. 

About The Defender’s Advantage:
Google Cloud Security published The Defender’s Advantage, a cyber defense framework to help all organizations prepare for and mitigate future security incidents. We believe that security teams like yours have the ultimate cyber defense advantage, the ability to control the environment being attacked.  Learn more here: https://cloud.google.com/security/resources/defenders-advantage

Activate the 6 critical functions of cyber defense with Google Cloud Security [The Defender's Advantage series, part 4]

Cybersecurity should be a team sport. Attackers are sharing tactics and sometimes infrastructure, so defenders need to work together as well. Sharing threat intelligence within trusted circles is no longer a "nice to have"—it's an essential component of a robust security strategy. Join our webinar to learn how Google Threat Intelligence empowers you to collaborate with internal groups, industry peers, MSSPs, and Mandiant experts to strengthen all of our collective defense.

Join Megan DeBlois, Google Threat Intelligence Product Manager, as she explores how private collections within Google Threat Intelligence can provide a secure and confidential space to share critical intelligence, including IOCs, TTPs, and strategic insights. Discover how these trusted circles enable you to:

*Proactively improve your organization's defenses
*Stop threats before they impact your systems
*Gain a deeper understanding of the evolving threat landscape. 

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to build and share private collections within your trusted circle.

Don't go it alone: Use private collections in threat intelligence to strengthen your trusted circles

This talk is designed to illuminate how Mandiant contextualizes Threat Profiles and provide implementation ideas on how they can be leveraged to bolster organizational security. We will discuss the strategy behind creating a Threat Profile, highlight the types of information Mandiant considers key to enable successful defender advantage, and then explain how to build a proactive strategy with the Threat Profile as the foundation. 


Attendees will learn how to identify stakeholders, conceptualize business operations, identify relevant intelligence, and use this data to shape an organization's defensive posture. We will showcase some examples of how clients have used our reports to enhance their security operations.

So you need a Threat Profile... now what?

Cyber defense is not just about preventing attacks; it's also about effectively responding to and recovering from incidents. This webinar will focus on the critical cyber defense functions of Validation, Response, and Mission Control, examining how they contribute to a comprehensive and resilient cyber defense program.

What you will learn:
*How to rigorously test and validate your entire cyber defense program to identify areas of improvement, and ensure preparedness against real-world threats.
*How to build and implement an effective incident response plan, from preparation and containment to eradication and recovery.
*How centralized coordination and management can enhance your organization's overall cybersecurity posture.

Join us to gain practical knowledge and actionable strategies for elevating your organization's cyber resilience through robust validation, response, and mission control capabilities.

About The Defender’s Advantage:
Google Cloud Security published The Defender’s Advantage, a cyber defense framework to help all organizations prepare for and mitigate future security incidents. We believe that security teams like yours have the ultimate cyber defense advantage, the ability to control the environment being attacked. Download The Defender's Advantage ebook here: https://cloud.google.com/security/resources/defenders-advantage

Activate continuous security testing to improve cyber response [The Defender's Advantage virtual series, part 3]

A crucial aspect of effective cyber defense is the ability to produce and disseminate actionable intelligence into the hands of various security functions, in a format and language they can understand and use to make decisions. This allows for informed decision-making and proactive threat mitigation. 

This webinar will delve into the critical functions of Intelligence, Detection, and Hunting, exploring how they work together to create a robust and resilient security posture. 

You will learn:
*How to effectively gather, analyze, and operationalize threat intelligence to inform your cyber defense strategy
*Best practices for developing and implementing high-fidelity detections that align with attacker tactics and techniques
*Methodologies and tools used to proactively hunt for threats and identify hidden adversaries in your environment

Join us to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for strengthening your organization's cyber defenses through an intelligence-led approach to detection and hunting.

Intelligence-led detection and threat hunting  [The Defender's Advantage virtual series, part 2]

Join us for a LIVE session with one of our top Google Threat Intelligence researchers to gain valuable insights into the Financial Institutions context. The session will feature curated, real-time, and actionable strategic intelligence from Google Threat Intelligence.

*Get the latest information on emerging threats and attack trends.
*Learn how to apply this intelligence to strengthen your organization's security posture.
*Have your questions answered during the live Q&A.

Use cases in Threat Intelligence: Strategic Threat Intelligence for Financial Institutions

Enhance your threat hunting skills with a hands-on session led by a Google Threat Intelligence researcher and a seasoned hunting expert. Learn how to leverage Google Threat Intelligence to generate leads, threat model scenarios, develop hypotheses, and hunt missions. 

Join Jose Luis Sanchez Martinez and Muhammad Muneer as they share their experiences and best practices they use to hunt for threats including:

*Identifying the most relevant indicators
*Performing efficient hunting 
*Knowing which threads to pull on to uncover challenging threats

Proactive threat hunting helps unveil lurking dangers, enabling rapid response and mitigation before significant damage occurs. By incorporating these threat hunting techniques, your team can strengthen the security posture, reduce attacker dwell time, and gain valuable insights to stay ahead of the threats targeting your organization.

Google Threat Intelligence is changing the game in threat intelligence. By unifying the frontline expertise of Mandiant, the VirusTotal intel community and Google security insights, we are bringing to you unmatched breadth and depth, so you can get a panoramic view of the threat landscape, understand the "why" and "how" behind attacks, and turn insights into rapid action.

Quarterly Threat Hunting with Google Threat Intelligence

Mandiant Managed Defense presents a quarterly webinar series, "Tales from the Trenches," to help you navigate the ever-evolving threat landscape. Our security experts will dive into the latest malware and attack trends they've encountered in the previous quarter. You'll gain valuable insights into how these threats were detected, along with actionable advice to strengthen your own defenses.
In the second installment of the series, Managed Defense Consultants will detail findings from July through September 2024.

Tales from the Trenches: Malware and attack trends from Managed Defense, Q3 2024

A critical zero-day vulnerability in FortiManager appliances has been exploited in the wild, leaving organizations vulnerable to data breaches and lateral movement. In this webinar, Mandiant experts dissect the exploitation tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the threat actor we track as UNC5820.

Gain critical insights into:
*Exploitation Details: Understand how UNC5820 leveraged CVE-2024-47575 to compromise FortiManager appliances and exfiltrate sensitive configuration data.
*Threat Actor Profile: Uncover the characteristics and potential motivations of UNC5820 based on our ongoing investigation.
*Mitigation Strategies: Learn practical steps to protect your organization from this vulnerability and similar attacks.
*Detection and Response: Discover how to leverage threat intelligence and hunting techniques to identify and respond to this threat.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain expert insights and strengthen your defenses against this emerging threat. 

Register today!

FortiManager Zero-Day: Intel for Actionable Mitigation Strategies

Social engineering attacks are a constant and evolving threat to global organizations. Attackers use sophisticated techniques such as phishing, vishing, smishing, and social media tactics to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information or compromising security. 

This webinar will discuss the latest trends in social engineering attacks and provide practical strategies to defend against them. We'll cover topics such as:

- Recognizing the signs of a social engineering attack  
- Educating employees about social engineering risks  
- Implementing security measures to help prevent social engineering attacks  
- Responding effectively to a social engineering attack  

We'll also examine real-world examples and discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to both perpetrate and defend against these attacks.  

Why you should attend:

- Stay ahead of the curve: Learn about the latest social engineering tactics and how to identify them before they impact your organization.  
- Enhance your security posture: Gain practical strategies and actionable insights to strengthen your organization's defenses against social engineering attacks.  
- Protect your organization: Learn how to educate employees and develop a culture of vigilance to mitigate the risk of falling victim to these malicious tactics.

Social Engineering: New Tricks, New Threats, New Defenses

Threat intelligence is the cornerstone of a proactive security posture, but traditional approaches often fall short. Static reports and delayed updates leave security teams struggling to keep pace with the speed of cyberattacks. To stay ahead of threats we need something more dynamic to provide us with more up-to-date and actionable threat intelligence. 

Join Emiliano Martinez, Lead Product Manager and TJ Alldridge, Product Marketing Manager as they explore:
*How dynamic threat intelligence will empower security professionals to use threat intelligence more efficiently. 
*The power of trusted circles - highlighting the power of community and collaboration to keep everyone more safe. 
*AI and automation - making threat intelligence more actionable than ever before.

Join us to unlock the future of threat intelligence and transform your security operations

Use Cases in Threat Intel:  Evolving to Dynamic Threat Intelligence

As cyber threats grow in sophistication, securing a leg up as the defender is more important than ever. When going toe-to-toe with adversaries in your environment, you have the control, but organizations often struggle to capitalize on this advantage. 

The Defender’s Advantage is an award-winning framework that provides actionable strategies to enhance your cyber defense capabilities and serves as a blueprint for pivoting seamlessly between breach preparedness and immediate action.  

During this webinar, our experts will unlock the six critical functions of an effective cyber defense program: intelligence, detect, respond, validate, hunt, and mission control. They will also explain how each function plays a distinct yet interconnected role in protecting an organization's critical assets, and provide real-world examples on how this framework can be applied.
  
You will walk away from this webinar knowing how to:
*Develop a proactive and intelligence-led approach to cyber defense
*Activate the six critical functions of cyber defense to boost the resilience of your security program 
*Leverage tools that can enhance your overall security posture and help build an effective operating model

Who should attend:
*CIOs, CISOs, and security leaders and practitioners
*IT professionals responsible for cybersecurity
*Anyone interested in learning more about modern cyber defense

Speakers:
Daniel Nutting, Consulting Manager, Mandiant, part of Google Cloud Security
Nate Toll, Consulting Manager, Mandiant, part of Google Cloud Security
Omar Toor, Consulting Manager, Mandiant, part of Google Cloud Security

Adopt a powerful framework for activating cyber defense [The Defender's Advantage virtual series, part 1]

Cyber threats are constantly evolving. Learn how to stay ahead of them in 2025 with security expert Andrew Kopcienski.

Join this deep-dive session based on the Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 report, where Andrew will cover key trends and insights to help strengthen your cyber defenses in the year ahead, including:

*Attacker use  of AI
*The evolving threat landscape from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea
*Ransomware and multifaceted extortion as the most disruptive form of cyber crime
*The growing threat of infostealer malware

Google Cloud Cybersecurity Forecast 2025

Cyber Attacks

Forecasting

Ransomware

Threat Analysis

Threat Horizon

Cyber Defense

Artificial Intelligence

Threat Intelligence

Malware

Threat Assessment

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