Google Security Strategy

Merrill said that the company is developing its own security software, particularly to address areas such as large-scale computing and automation. According to him Google's processes are set up so that sensitive personal information can only be viewed by exception.

"We carefully manage access to confidential information of any sort, and very few Googlers have access to what we consider very sensitive data. This is in no small part because there's very little reason for us to provide that access - most of our processes are automated, and don't require much human intervention. Of course, the limited number of people who are granted access to sensitive data must have special approval," he wrote.

In his description of Google`s security strategy he points at:

• Philosophy
• Technology
• Process
• People