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GOOGLE ACQUIRING CLOUD SECURITY COMPANY WIZ FOR $32B
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Google's $32 billion all-cash acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz, aimed at strengthening Google Cloud's defenses against emerging threats, marks one of tech's largest security deals. Wiz's platform builds comprehensive security graphs across cloud environments to identify potential attack paths before incidents occur. Despite Google's ownership, Wiz will continue to operate independently and support multiple cloud providers, including AWS and Azure, maintaining its multi cloud approach while gaining access to Google's resources in the increasingly competitive cloud security market.