Shift Left to Interrupt Threats before They Escalate

Description

Traditional detection and response workflows are too slow for the era of AI-powered attackers. Michael Sinno, Director of Detection & Response at Google, explains their shift to an infer-and-interrupt model that contains threats immediately rather than waiting for investigation cycles to complete. When suspicious behavior is identified the system takes automatic containment action scaled to the risk level. Minor threats might trigger temporary email restrictions; serious violations result in immediate account lockouts. The critical insight is shifting left in the attack lifecycle: interrupt the threat chain before it develops rather than responding after compromise is confirmed.