“Today, 51% of the cloud service provider (CSP) market is held by Microsoft and Amazon, while Alphabet (Google Cloud) is playing catch-up at 12%,” said Keith Prabhu, founder and CEO of Confidis. “Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz will give it a competitive edge in the cloud space.”
Beyond bolstering Google Cloud’s security portfolio, the acquisition could help it close gaps in real-time threat detection and mitigation.
“Wiz’s ability to provide real-time threat detection and mitigation, enhanced by AI, aligns with this shift,” said Prabhu Ram, VP of the industry research group at Cybermedia Research. “Wiz provides unified visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, and other cloud environments, addressing a critical gap in Google Cloud’s current offerings.”
