In a major stride toward enhancing cybersecurity, Google has announced the launch of Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model aimed at empowering cyber defenders to combat increasingly complex digital threats. Developed by Elie Bursztein and Marianna Tishchenko from Google’s Sec-Gemini team, the model leverages cutting-edge AI to shift the balance in favor of security professionals.

The announcement, made via an official blog post, underscores the longstanding challenge in cybersecurity: while defenders must guard against a multitude of potential attack vectors, threat actors need only exploit a single vulnerability. Sec-Gemini v1 aims to counteract this imbalance by streamlining cybersecurity workflows with AI-enhanced capabilities.

Built on Google’s powerful Gemini AI foundation, Sec-Gemini v1 integrates near real-time threat intelligence with advanced reasoning abilities. It utilizes a wide array of data sources—including Google Threat Intelligence, the Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV) database, and Mandiant Threat Intelligence—to perform advanced tasks such as incident root cause analysis, threat actor profiling, and vulnerability impact assessments.

The model has already shown impressive results, outperforming competitors by over 11% on the CTI-MCQ benchmark and by more than 10.5% on the CTI-Root Cause Mapping benchmark. In one notable case, Sec-Gemini v1 successfully identified and analyzed the threat actor “Salt Typhoon,” providing a detailed assessment enriched with intelligence from Mandiant and OSV.

Highlighting its real-world utility, Google emphasized how this depth of analysis could dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of threat assessments, ultimately reducing the burden on cybersecurity teams.

To encourage collaboration and advancement in the field, Google will offer early access to Sec-Gemini v1 for select researchers, professionals, institutions, and NGOs. Interested parties can apply through a dedicated form.

With the introduction of Sec-Gemini v1, Google is positioning itself at the forefront of AI-driven cybersecurity, offering a promising tool to help defenders outpace adversaries in an ever-evolving threat landscape.