Partnering with Google Cloud MSSPs: Solving security challenges with expertise & speed

Organizations today face immense pressure to secure their digital assets against increasingly sophisticated threats — without overwhelming their teams or budgets. 

Using managed security service providers (MSSPs) to implement and optimize new technology, and handle security operations, is a strategic delegation that can make internal security operations staff more efficient and effective.

At Google Cloud, we understand the value that MSSPs can bring, so we've built a robust ecosystem of MSSP partners, specifically empowered to help you modernize security operations and achieve better security outcomes, faster. 

MSSPs can help ease the pressure from three key challenges that can prevent organizations from staying ahead of threats, and achieving the cybersecurity outcomes they need to build operational resilience and power innovation to create growth.

Prolonged time to value and disruptive deployment: CIOs need security investments to demonstrate value quickly. Deploying new security solutions or migrating from existing ones can be costly and time-consuming, delaying the realization of benefits and increasing risk during transition periods. These complexities can lead to protracted implementation cycles, thereby delaying the realization of anticipated benefits and consequently increasing an organization's risk exposure throughout the transition period. 

Limited resources, talent, and expertise: CISOs often find their teams stretched thin, struggling with the sheer volume of security alerts and manual tasks while often lacking specialized knowledge in emerging threat areas or modern security solutions. The demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to grow faster than the supply of qualified workers. The 2024 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study estimated a global workforce gap of 4.8 million professionals. 

High costs: CEOs often see the cost of building and maintaining internal resources to protect the business, and wonder why they’re not getting the expected return on their investment in terms of successful security outcomes. A purely in-house cybersecurity strategy demands substantial upfront capital investment, ongoing operational costs, and a significant commitment to recruiting and retaining highly specialized talent in a competitive market.

An expert, experienced member of the team armed with modern technology

Addressing these challenges effectively requires strategic investments and a clear understanding of where to allocate resources to achieve optimal security outcomes. Approved Google Security Operations MSSP partners are uniquely positioned to help you overcome these hurdles, combining their deep expertise with the power of Google Cloud Security products.

Accelerate time to value and deployment: Google Security Operations MSSP partners can help you to accelerate your security operations modernization journey with tailored migrations and efficient technology deployments. With thousands of security operations transformations and deployments under their belt, MSSP partners can get your company's rules, detections, alerts, and telemetry sources in production quickly. 

Augment resources, talent, and expertise: By using best-in-class tooling like intelligence-driven and AI-enabled Google Cloud Security products, partners can filter out noise and escalate only issues requiring business context, helping to reduce the manual work your team faces. 

Drive cost efficiency and better outcomes: Delegating some or all of your organization’s security efforts to external resources such as MSSPs or managed detection and response (MDR) services offers immediate access to specialized expertise, advanced technologies, 24/7 monitoring, and scalable solutions without the overhead of an in-house team. 

Why partner with a Google Cloud SecOps MSSP?

Choosing a certified Google Cloud MSSP partner means gaining access to differentiated, end-to-end security solutions powered by Google Cloud Security products, including Google Security Operations, Google Threat Intelligence, and Mandiant Solutions. Our tools provide technical advantages like comprehensive data ingestion from multiple clouds and context-aware detections to prioritize threats. 

They can help our partners to deliver unique managed security services offerings tailored to the security requirements of your business. They help you offload security operations strain, increase risk awareness, and significantly reduce response times. They can protect your workloads regardless of location (on-premises or multicloud) and integrate with your existing security investments. 

Hear from some of our partners and customers on the value they are seeing:

"In partnership with Google Cloud, we ensure comprehensive protection for your workloads, regardless of their location. We leverage telemetry from your existing security solutions to provide seamless and robust defense. This integrated approach maximizes your security investment and minimizes risk,” said Laurent Besset, deputy CEO, Cyberdefense Ops, I-TRACING.

As an example of the results possible on Google Cloud, Jayesh Barai, VP of Sales at Netenrich, shared a recent customer success story: "We've seen customers achieve transformative results by tackling legacy security operations head-on. With Netenrich's AI-driven Adaptive MDR solution, one client's security efficacy became remarkable: they reduced their mean time to detect and respond from hours to just 15 minutes and cut monthly security incidents needing manual intervention from nearly 2,000 to fewer than 10. This operational efficiency also drove major cost savings, including a 50% reduction in annual security expenses and an 80% reduction in SOC staffing requirements, dramatically streamlining their ability to integrate new acquisitions in days instead of months."

“Google Cloud's global reach and unwavering commitment to security and innovation make it an ideal partner to help us safeguard our clients' most valuable assets. Google Cloud's experience and expertise in the field, coupled with its transparent and open approach, instill a level of trust that is essential in today's interconnected world.” said Scott Goree, senior vice-president, Partners, Alliances, and Ecosystems, Optiv.

Find the right partner

You can learn more about how a Google Cloud MSSP partner can help your organization modernize security operations by visiting our updated MSSP Page.