Case Study
Google Defends Against Account Takeovers and Reduces IT Costs
About Google In 1998, Google was founded with one mission: organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Since then, the company has focused on developing services to significantly improve the lives of as many people as possible, and today, Google is a global Fortune 50 company considered to be one of the leading internet companies in the world. For an innovative technology company, such as Google, the need to ensure that online access to confidential information is restricted to approved employees and contrac- tors is critical to the company’s success. Overcoming Account Takeovers In 2009 Google was the target of sophisticated cyber attacks capable of circumventing traditional security controls. With a lack of viable two-factor authentication (2F