Google

What the company sells

Google offers the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, an online program that prepares learners for a career as a cybersecurity analyst. The Google Cybersecurity Certificate provides the skills for an entry-level job in cybersecurity. No prior cybersecurity experience or specific knowledge is required to take the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. Cybersecurity analysts are described as tasked with monitoring and safeguarding networks, devices, individuals, and data.

The Google Cybersecurity Certificate teaches how to identify and mitigate common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, and how to use AI in cybersecurity. The Google Cybersecurity Certificate teaches how to protect information and systems from unauthorized access and cyber threats. Learners in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate use industry standard tools including Python, Linux, SQL, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). The Google Cybersecurity Certificate covers detecting and responding to incidents using an intrusion detection system.

The Google Cybersecurity Certificate names Chronicle and Splunk as examples of security information and event management tools. The Google Cybersecurity Certificate names Suricata as an example intrusion detection system, NIST CSF, NIST RMF, and the CIA Triad as example frameworks and controls, and tcpdump and Wireshark as examples for packet capture and analysis. The Google Cybersecurity Certificate covers business skills including communication, critical thinking, collaboration and teamwork, prioritization, and escalation.

The Google Cybersecurity Certificate is delivered as a fully online program. Learners work through interactive content such as hands-on activities, discussion prompts, and quizzes, with 5-10 hours of study a week, in under six months.

On the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, graduates in the US gain access to CareerCircle, which offers personalized coaching, mock interviews, and resume-building tools. After graduating from the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, learners have access to career resources and the opportunity to connect directly with over 150 employers who are committed to considering Google Career Certificate graduates for open entry-level jobs in cybersecurity.

In the Google AI Professional Certificate, learners gain hands-on experience building AI skills. The Google AI Professional Certificate is available for learners on Coursera, Google Skills, and Udemy. The AI for Brainstorming & Planning course teaches learners to centralize projects in Gemini Notebook and to use AI as a thought partner to brainstorm concepts, evaluate risks, and build execution-ready plans.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Categories

• Security awareness training (primary category)
• Compare Google with companies in the same categoryside by side

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Website

grow.google

Products and services

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• Google Cybersecurity Certificate^[2]

  A fully online program for an entry-level job in cybersecurity. It teaches how to identify and mitigate common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.

  Google Cybersecurity Certificate is a fully online program that provides the skills for an entry-level job in cybersecurity. Learners use industry standard tools including Python, Linux, SQL, SIEM tools, and Intrusion Detection Systems. The program covers detecting and responding to incidents using an intrusion detection system. Chronicle and Splunk are named as examples of security information and event management tools.

• Google AI Professional Certificate^[6][7]

  A certificate in which learners gain hands-on experience building AI skills.

  Google AI Professional Certificate gives learners hands-on experience building AI skills. The Google AI Professional Certificate is available for learners on Coursera, Google Skills, and Udemy.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Google's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On security awareness training, Google competes with Adaptive Security, Frame Security, Immersive, Jericho Security, KnowBe4, NINJIO, SoSafe, AccessIT Group, Arctic Wolf, Brite and 14 more.

What review platforms show

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• G2 · no rating shown · 48,299 reviews^[9]seen November 11, 2026

Recent news

Dated company events from the last twelve months, each in one sentence of ours with its source. Newest first.

• November 10, 2026

  Google issued a Chrome security update fixing an eighth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability of 2026. The Hacker News^[8]

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

1. [1]CybersecurityGoogle · grow.google · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]Launch a Cybersecurity Career | Get Job-Ready | GoogleGoogle · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
3. [3]Digitale Kompetenzen für alle - Google ZukunftswerkstattGoogle · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
4. [4]Digitale Kompetenzen für alle – Google ZukunftswerkstattGoogle · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
5. [5]Digitale Kompetenzen für alle – Google Atelier DigitalGoogle · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
6. [6]Grow with Google - Training to Grow Your Business & Career.Google · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
7. [7]AI for Brainstorming & Planning | Grow with GoogleGoogle · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
8. [8]Google Issues Chrome Security Update for Eighth Actively Exploited Zero-Day of 2026The Hacker News · published November 10, 2026 · Tier B: trade or business press
9. [9]Google Workspace Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 11, 2026 · Tier C

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Recorded November 11, 2026, expanded November 11, 2026 from the references above.

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