Image: Sundry Photography/Adobe Stock In a bid to tilt the cybersecurity battlefield in favor of defenders, Google has introduced Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model designed to help security teams identify threats, analyze incidents, and understand vulnerabilities faster and more accurately than before. Announced by the company’s cybersecurity research leads, Elie Burzstein and Marianna Tishchenko, Sec-Gemini v1 is the latest addition to Google’s growing family of Gemini-powered tools — but this time, it is laser-focused on cybersecurity. The growing cyber threat — and why Google’s AI push matters Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and targeted. From ransomware to state-sponsored hacking, defenders are overwhelmed. Add to that the rise of remote work, cloud systems, and open-source software, and the threat landscape becomes even more complicated. Cybersecurity has always been an unfair fight. Attackers only need to find one weak spot, while defenders must guard every possible entry point. Google’s answer is to develop an AI that acts like a force multiplier, helping human analysts work smarter. It’s a game of one-versus-all, and Google believes …