Both companies are working together on new solutions to protect multicloud infrastructures and combat online scams using artificial intelligence.
Trend Micro and Google Cloud announced a strategic expansion of their partnership aimed at enhancing enterprise cybersecurity through AI technologies and strengthening compliance with digital sovereignty requirements. This intensified alliance comes at a time when there is high demand for secure and adaptable cloud solutions, with the goal of protecting both businesses and consumers in an increasingly complex technological environment.
With decades of cybersecurity experience, Trend Micro provides its Trend Vision One platform, now certified for Google Cloud’s Assured Workloads environments. This certification allows companies to deploy security solutions in public, hybrid, and even isolated on-premises cloud environments, which is especially important for regulated sectors like finance, healthcare, and government.
Karan Bajwa, President of Google Cloud in Asia-Pacific, emphasized that “this partnership enables organizations to innovate confidently and accelerate their digital transformation with the highest levels of enterprise security.”
Key aspects of the new collaboration include:
- Sovereign Security: Trend Vision One for certified sovereign and private environments on Google Cloud Assured Workloads.
- Availability: Trend Micro solutions now accessible via Google Cloud Marketplace and Google Workspace Marketplace.
- AI-Driven Protection: Integration of Gemini models (Vertex AI) to combat online scams through the ScamCheck app.
- Global Impact: Over 4 million downloads of Trend solutions on Google Workspace Marketplace.
Kevin Simzer, COO of Trend Micro, highlighted Google Cloud as “the hyperscaler most aligned with real-world demands, especially in AI and data analytics,” adding that Google’s hybrid and multicloud approach “addresses the growing business need for flexibility.”
One of the most innovative areas of this partnership involves protecting against digital scams affecting individuals and organizations. Through Trend Micro ScamCheck, the company uses Google Cloud’s Gemini models (via Vertex AI) to verify images and analyze suspicious SMS content used by cybercriminals. This system is the first of its kind with generative AI integration for scam detection.
According to Trend Micro, online fraud has caused over a trillion dollars in global losses, making the predictive and analytical capabilities of this tool a vital barrier to mitigate risk.
In the European context, the sovereignty aspect of this collaboration is especially critical. European regulations on data protection, cybersecurity, and sovereign cloud strategies—such as Gaia-X—require infrastructure and software aligned with GDPR principles and national control. With this partnership, Trend Micro and Google Cloud aim to become strategic partners for public institutions and enterprises seeking to combine security, compliance, and scalability.
In conclusion, in an era characterized by explosive AI growth, multicloud environments, and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the alliance between Trend Micro and Google Cloud strengthens the global cybersecurity ecosystem. Additionally, it offers an alternative aligned with digital sovereignty—particularly attractive to governments and regulated sectors seeking to protect critical assets in a secure, scalable, and compliant environment.