Google mulls airgapping staff internet to boost security
In a bid to shrink the attack surface of its army of employees, and thus boost security, Google is taking an experimental approach: cutting some of their workstations off from the internet.
The Chocolate Factory has seen fit to sever staffers' links to the outside electronic world, admittedly on a small scale, according to internal documents by CNBC. Roughly 2,500 Googlers were selected for the internet air-gap trial, and then following some feedback the search giant adjusted it so that people can opt out and others can volunteer.was able to confirm the pilot program with Google, which told us it was being limited to fewer than two percent of workstations. Those who choose to participate will have their general internet access removed along with root privileges on their individual boxes if they had that.
Google's tools and office software accessed via the web will still be accessible to those cut off from the internet generally. Workers in the program who require internet access for their jobs will be able to get exceptions. Whether that's a precursor to a wider workstation lockdown, Google VP of Security Engineering Heather Adkins took to Twitter to answer with an emphatic"We aren't turning the internet off at Google," Adkins tweeted.
Regardless, cutting user workstations off from the internet is an obvious way for Google to decrease its cybersecurity footprint, and it couldn't come at a better time what with, say,
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