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Speed is King: How Google’s $32B Wiz play rewrites DevOps security rules
The real story behind Google acquiring Wiz is how the need for speed and better cloud security dominates every enterprise’s devops cycles.
Prior to this deal, GCP’s security toolkit was strong, yet siloed as evidenced by its Chronicle SIEM, Mandiant threat intel and a wide variety of partner solutions that created roadblocks across customers’ CI/CD pipeline. Gartner notes that end-user calls on CNAPPs rose 29% from 2023 to 2024, with an emphasis on Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) driven by compliance and easy API deployment, with expectations of runtime visibility and control. Source: Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms, Dec. 27, 2024 Google’s decision to make their single largest acquisition in its history says they see the pain of siloed slow processes in enterprises they can quickly turn into a profitable new part of their cybersecurity business.
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