Google Cloud intros AI security agents, unified security platform to consolidate ops, triage, threat intel

Enterprise infrastructure is increasingly complex, meaning protecting it is, too. 

The attack surface is more expansive than ever, and many enterprises have a patchwork quilt of security tools, making it difficult for them to gain a cohesive understanding of their security posture. Add in AI — and all the threats it brings — and security teams are scrambling to keep up. 

Google Cloud aims to solve this problem — or at least reduce cybersecurity pain points — with a new Google Unified Security platform. The tech giant rolled out the new offering, along with new security agents and several other security capabilities, today at Google Cloud Next. 

Google Unified Security “creates a single, scalable, searchable security data fabric across the entire attack surface,” Brian Roddy, VP of product management and Peter Bailey, VP of security operations at Google Cloud wrote in a blog post today. 

Supporting preemptive security

Google Unified Security brings ...