Jack Henry® is and Google Cloud have announced an expanded collaboration aimed at delivering advanced AI-driven security capabilities for banks and credit unions across the United States. Building on their 2022 partnership, the initiative introduces agentic AI-based defense systems designed to enhance cyber resilience, improve threat detection, and streamline security operations across highly regulated financial environments. The collaboration will enable Jack Henry to develop a proprietary AI security platform tailored specifically for community financial institutions.
Jack Henry has deepened its strategic relationship with Google Cloud to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities for community banks and credit unions. The expanded partnership focuses on leveraging agentic AI technologies to proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate emerging cyber threats across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
The initiative builds on a relationship established in 2022 and reflects a growing industry shift toward AI-powered security frameworks in financial services.
The new AI security platform is designed to serve approximately 7,400 banks and credit unions that rely on Jack Henry for banking, payments, lending, and operational services. These institutions face increasing cybersecurity risks due to the growing sophistication of adversarial AI and evolving attack surfaces.
The platform is engineered to meet strict regulatory, compliance, and security requirements while providing real-time protection across cloud and on-premises infrastructures.
A key component of the collaboration is the integration of Google Cloud’s agentic defense capabilities, including tools from its broader security ecosystem and expertise from Mandiant Consulting. Combined with Jack Henry’s financial technology infrastructure, the solution aims to deliver secure-by-design AI systems for financial services.
The integration also leverages the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to support advanced automation and AI-driven workflows across operational and security domains.
The joint solution focuses on improving cyber resilience by automating the analysis of large-scale telemetry data. This enables earlier threat detection and faster, coordinated incident response before vulnerabilities can be exploited.
By embedding AI into security operations, financial institutions can reduce manual workloads while improving the speed and accuracy of threat mitigation.
Beyond cybersecurity, Jack Henry is also applying AI to enhance operational efficiency across financial institutions. Key use cases include customer service support, advanced analytics for reporting, and automation of routine administrative tasks.
Early deployments indicate that automation can deliver significant productivity gains, including substantial time savings in back-office operations. These improvements allow institutions to scale services while maintaining high levels of customer experience and regulatory compliance.
The collaboration emphasizes a “secure-by-design” approach, ensuring AI systems are built with governance, oversight, and compliance at their core. This is particularly important in financial services, where trust, transparency, and regulatory adherence are critical.
By combining AI innovation with robust security frameworks, Jack Henry and Google Cloud aim to help financial institutions adopt AI safely while enhancing both resilience and efficiency.
About Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.®
Jack Henry® is a well-rounded financial technology company that strengthens connections between financial institutions and the people and businesses they serve. We are an S&P 500 company that prioritizes openness, collaboration, and user centricity – offering banks and credit unions a vibrant ecosystem of internally developed modern capabilities as well as the ability to integrate with leading fintechs. For 50 years, Jack Henry has provided technology solutions to enable clients to innovate faster, strategically differentiate, and successfully compete while serving the evolving needs of their accountholders. We empower approximately 7,400 clients with people-inspired innovation, personal service, and insight-driven solutions that help reduce the barriers to financial health. Additional information is available at www.jackhenry.com.
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