GCP – Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Data Security Platforms Wave
We’re pleased to announce that Google has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025 report. We believe this is a testament to our unwavering commitment to providing cutting-edge data security in the cloud.
In today’s AI era, comprehensive data security is paramount. Organizations are grappling with increasingly sophisticated threats, growing data volumes, and the complexities of managing data across diverse environments. That’s why a holistic, integrated approach to data security is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s a necessity.
A vision driven by customer needs and market trends
Our vision for data security is directly aligned with the evolving needs of our customers and the broader market. This vision is built on five key pillars:
- We see cloud as the place where most critical business data lives, therefore we continue to build ubiquitous, platform-level controls and capabilities for data security, while working to centralize administration and governance capabilities.
- We engineer security directly at each layer of the new AI technology stack and throughout the entire data lifecycle to secure the intersection of data and new AI systems.
- We see the continued efforts of nation-state and criminal actors targeting sensitive enterprise data, which drives increased need for comprehensive data security posture management, better risk-based prioritization, and use of frontline intelligence to prevent, detect and disrupt sophisticated attacks.
- We see increasing mandates for data security, privacy, and sovereignty, therefore we continue to expand capabilities for audit, governance, and specific sovereign controls.
- We must account for ongoing technology change, addressing new attack vectors such as adversarial AI and the emergence of quantum computing technology than can obsolete foundational controls.
“Google differentiates with data threat and risk visibility, access controls, masking, encryption, and addressing supplier risk. It is superior for privacy (including confidential computing), information governance, and AI security and governance use cases,” wrote Forrester in their report.
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Building on strengths
Google received the highest scores possible in 10 criteria, including: Vision, Innovation, Data threat and risk visibility, Data access controls, Data masking or redaction, Encryption, Supplier risk, and Use cases for privacy, Information governance, and AI security and governance.
“Organizations focused on going all-in on cloud and Zero Trust — especially those innovating with data and AI — that desire an integrated experience should consider Google,” the report states. As AI adoption accelerates, the need for a data security platform that can protect sensitive data while boosting innovation is paramount.
Learn more
We invite you to read the full report to understand why Google Cloud is a leader in this space and how we can help your organization. This independent analysis provides valuable insights as you evaluate your data security strategy. We’re excited to continue this journey with you.
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