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Google Threat Intelligence

Google Threat Intelligence unifies Google's massive visibility, Mandiant's frontline expertise, and VirusTotal's crowdsourced community. This suite provides actionable intelligence to help security teams identify and prioritise relevant threats. Using Gemini AI, it simplifies analysis through automated reporting, AI-powered search, and customised threat profiles.

Features

• Gemini Search: Conversational AI search across vast threat intelligence datasets.
• Automated Report Generation: Create customised AI-powered threat analysis reports
• Unified Threat Visibility: Combined insights from Mandiant, VirusTotal, and Google.
• Private Scanning: Analyse suspicious files and URLs without public sharing.
• Livehunt YARA Rules: Real-time matching of files against custom rules.
• Attack Surface Management: Discover and monitor digital assets for vulnerabilities.
• Digital Threat Monitoring: Monitor dark web for compromised credentials.
• Threat Profiling: Personalised profiles tracking relevant actors, malware, and campaigns.
• API Integration: Programmatic access to enrich and triage security alerts.
• Categorized Threat Feeds: Ready-to-use feeds for ransomware, APTs, and botnets.

Benefits

• Automate alert enrichment to prioritise high-risk security threats faster.
• Accelerate investigations with AI-driven search and automated report generation.
• Proactively hunt threats using YARA rules on live file streams.
• Gain unified visibility across global threat landscapes and datasets.
• Analyse suspicious files privately without exposing sensitive data publicly.
• Integrate actionable intelligence into existing security workflows via API.
• Monitor dark web sources to detect compromised credentials early.
• Prioritise vulnerability management with curated risk ratings and insights.
• Understand adversary tactics to anticipate and prevent future attacks.
• Reduce manual toil with AI-summarized OSINT and threat reports.

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

511886803615209

Contact

Gemma Whitley
07568 115709
publicsector@qodea.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Production and operations

  • Other operations
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: API Quotas: Specific limits apply based on the license tier (Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise+). For example, Enterprise+ allows up to 500k API requests/day.; ; Private Scanning Limits: Capped monthly allowances for private file/URL scans (e.g., 100/month for Enterprise).; ; Retrospection Windows: RetroHunt capabilities are limited to 3 months (Standard) or 12 months (Enterprise) of historical data.
• System requirements:
  • Stable internet access to reach Google’s cloud-based intelligence endpoints.
  • Access the platform using a modern standard web browser
  • A registered user account to access the intelligence platform

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: For Google Threat Intelligence (GTI) online support, you'll use the Google Cloud Console to open support cases and manage interactions, leveraging Mandiant's expertise for incident response and proactive threat hunting, with options ranging from standard API access to Enterprise+ plans with dedicated analysts. Key support resources include the Google Cloud Security Community, Mandiant's incident response forms, and Google Cloud's official documentation.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: EN 301 549
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: We provide a managed Google Threat Intelligence service with SLA aligned to industry norms.
• Support available to third parties: No

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: We provide a complete onboarding service including setup, integrations with 3 party services and training.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: HTML
• End-of-contract data extraction: To extract data, you can utilise the available Export and API features while their subscription is still active:; ; Private Scanning Data: Files and analysis reports in Private Scanning are ephemeral. They are automatically deleted after configured retention period (default 24 hours, configurable). Users must download these reports or files via the Private Scanning API or web interface before the retention period expires and before the contract terminates.; ; Threat Intelligence & IOCs: Users can extract Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), threat reports, and collections by using the "Export" buttons in the web interface (e.g., "Export IOCs from a threat") or by querying the API endpoints (e.g., to download reports, search results, or IoC streams).; ; Once the contract ends, access to premium features, the API, and private data repositories is typically revoked, and private data is permanently deleted according to the retention policy.
• End-of-contract process: Access is revoked upon contract expiration. Data is retained/deleted in accordance with Google Cloud's data retention policies.
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Full API and user guide documentation is available online.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: EN 301 549
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: How users can set up the service through the API: Users cannot provision accounts or purchase the service via the API; however, they can "set up" their security operations by integrating the API with SIEM and SOAR tools. This allows teams to automatically ingest threat data and enrich alerts without manual intervention.; ; How users can make changes through the API: Users can actively modify their threat tracking by creating private IoC collections, generating private threat graph investigations, and submitting files or URLs for private scanning. Additionally, users can define and manage YARA rules for "Livehunt" and "Retrohunt" jobs to track specific threats programmatically.; ; Limitations: API usage is strictly limited by license tiers, ranging from 5,000 requests per day (Standard) to 500,000 (Enterprise+). Furthermore, while the API handles data integration, the sources imply that core configurations—such as initial service purchasing or specific ASM collection scan initiations—often require manual interaction or the web interface
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Users can customise the service in the following ways:; ; Threat Profiling: Users can build personalised Threat Profiles to filter intelligence, focusing only on threats relevant to their specific industry, region, or monitored threat actors.; ; Custom Detection: Security teams can write and deploy proprietary YARA rules to hunt for threats across live file streams (Livehunt) or historical data (Retrohunt).; ; Digital Monitoring: Users can configure custom Digital Threat Monitoring alerts to track specific assets, brands, or domains across the dark web and other sources.; ; Reporting: The Gemini AI feature allows users to generate customised threat analysis reports tailored to different technical audiences and requirements.; ; Private Investigations: Analysts can create private threat graphs and IoC collections to organise and visualise investigations without sharing data with the broader community.; ; API Integration: The service allows for deep customisation via API, enabling users to integrate threat data directly into their SIEM/SOAR workflows for automated enrichment and triage.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The service runs on Google Cloud's global infrastructure, ensuring high availability and automatic scaling to handle massive volumes of queries and data ingestion without user intervention.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: The metrics available within Google Threat Intelligence can be categorised into three distinct areas: Threat Assessment Scores, Operational & Exposure Metrics (seen in dashboards), and Service Usage Quotas.
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Google Threat Intelligence

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process
• Data sanitisation type: Physical Destruction / Hardware containing data is completely destroyed

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data can be programmatically exported in JSON format.; ; Reports and graphs can be downloaded as PDF or STIX/JSON objects.
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats:
  • JSON
  • PDF
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats:
  • File uploads for scanning
  • Hashes/URLs/IPs (for searching)
  • YARA rules (for hunting)

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: With respect to the Managed Defense Portal, Google will undertake commercially reasonable efforts to ensure portal availability for 99.9% of the time during each calendar month. ; ; With respect to the Mandiant Threat Intelligence Portal, Mandiant Security Validation Portal, and the Mandiant Attack Surface Management Portal, Google will undertake commercially reasonable efforts to ensure portal availability for 99.5% of the time during each calendar month.
• Approach to resilience: Avaiable on request
• Outage reporting: A public dashboard; ; https://status.cloud.google.com/security/

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) allows administrators to define granular permissions for users.
• Access restriction testing frequency: Less than once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • CSA CSM version 4.0
  • ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Our Integrated Management System details the information security and quality policies, incorporating the requirements of ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015.; The IMS is designed to ensure the efficiency, security, and reliability of operations.; A Risk Management framework, based on ISO 31000, is used company-wide to identify, assess, evaluate, and mitigate risks.; Changes to the IMS follow a formal Change Management process: submission, documentation in Jira, analysis by the IMS Board, and review/approval by the Compliance Team and IMS Board.; Internal and external Audit and Assurance frameworks are maintained for continuous improvement and regulatory alignment.; ; Governance and Reporting Structures; The Governance and Integration Lead holds the overarching responsibility for the IMS. The Board of Directors approves the IMS Policy and delegates its implementation to the Compliance Team.; The IMS Board meets at least quarterly for governance and to discuss issues and updates.; The Compliance Team ensures compliance with the ISO standards, oversees IMS implementation, and manages incidents and risks.; The reporting structure involves the Compliance Manager reporting on Risk Management, Audit Results, Incidents, and Business Improvement Actions to the IMS Board quarterly or as needed. Progress on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is also monitored and reported to the IMS Board.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: Google utilises automated configuration management and strict change control procedures with peer review and testing pipelines.; ; Changes are rolled out progressively (canary deployments) to minimise impact.
• Vulnerability management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Google employs a comprehensive, automated vulnerability management process that includes:; ; Automated Scanning: Continuous, automated scanning of infrastructure and products using advanced tools (including AI/ML) to detect security flaws.; ; Prioritisation: Vulnerabilities are prioritised based on severity, exploitability, potential impact on critical infrastructure.; ; Remediation: A rigorous patching process ensures critical vulnerabilities are resolved quickly. When found, special procedures are activated to expedite remediation.; ; Bug Bounty Program: Google engages with the external security research community through its Vulnerability Reward Programs to identify issues that internal testing might miss.; ; Curated Intelligence: The service itself provides "Vulnerability Intelligence" to help users prioritise their own patching
• Protective monitoring type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: Google employs 24/7/365 multi-layered monitoring to safeguard infrastructure. This includes:; ; Continuous Monitoring: Dedicated teams automate log, network, and activity tracking to detect suspicious behavior.; ; Automated Detection: Machine learning models filter noise and escalate high-fidelity alerts in real-time.; ; Incident Integration: Monitoring tightly integrates with NIST-aligned response processes for rapid mitigation.; ; Proactive Testing: Continuous vulnerability scanning and "Red Team" exercises identify weaknesses early.; ; Transparency: Tools like Access Transparency logs provide customers visibility into relevant security events.
• Incident management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v4.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: Google follows a rigorous incident management process aligned with NIST guidelines, utilising pre-defined playbooks and automated detection for common security events. Users report incidents via the Google Cloud Console, support tickets, or by engaging Mandiant Incident Response directly for severe breaches. Google communicates status via the Service Health Dashboard and proactive notifications. For data incidents, we provide detailed reports outlining impact and remediation steps.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 0%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 0%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 0%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 0%
• Over £5,000,001: 0%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Bsi
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Wednesday 1 March 2023
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: Bsi
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Monday 20 May 2024
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 59bced93-b8a9-43b3-867f-fabbda9c23ec
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: B254f77e-c3bb-4d91-99f9-d8092a0c8195
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at publicsector@qodea.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.