Google Cloud has unveiled a transformative agentic AI security strategy, integrating its acquisition of Wiz Inc. to create a unified, multicloud defense system. The platform leverages Gemini AI models to automate threat detection, triage, and remediation-replacing static playbooks with adaptive AI agents.
A new Triage and Investigation agent, now in preview within Google Security Operations, autonomously analyzes alerts, filters false positives, and delivers actionable verdicts. Customers can soon build custom enterprise agents via Model Context Protocol servers, with general availability in early April.
This comes as attackers slash response windows to just 22 seconds, according to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026 report. Google’s upgraded Threat Intelligence now deploys AI agents to synthesize dark web data and build organizational threat profiles, freeing analysts from manual overload.
New AI protection features include Security Command Center integrations with Vertex AI to defend against prompt injection and data leaks, alongside Enhanced Sensitive Data Protection and external exposure management to map attack paths.
Updates to Chrome Enterprise and firewall policies further secure distributed environments, from virtual apps to unmanaged devices.
Google asserts that only AI-powered, continuous defense can match the speed and scale of modern cyberattacks.