Google inks deal with Defense Department to help respond to cyberthreats

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https://www.cnet.com/news/google-inks-deal-with-defense-department-to-help-respond-to-cyber-threats/

By Richard Nieva
cnet.com
May 20, 2020

Google on Wednesday said it had struck a deal with the US Department of 
Defense to build cloud technology designed to detect and respond to 
cyberthreats. Google declined to disclose the terms of the deal but said 
the sum was in the "seven figures."

The contract is through the Defense Innovation Unit, a group within the 
Pentagon that scales commercial technology through the entire department. 
Axios earlier reported the news.

The deal comes despite blowback for other work Google has done with the 
military. Two years ago, workers at the search giant protested Google's 
contract with the Pentagon for Project Maven, an initiative that uses 
artificial intelligence to improve analysis of drone footage. Thousands of 
workers signed a petition opposing the contract, and a handful of 
employees resigned in protest.

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