Securing the Future: How Google’s Wiz Acquisition and AvePoint Partnership Redefine Cloud Security
Google’s acquisition of Wiz is their largest-ever acquisition and the largest of any cybersecurity company to date. At face value, this may seem surprising, but when you consider that the global average cost of a data breach in 2024 was pegged at $4.88 million, it underscores just how critical it is for organizations to strengthen cloud and data security.
In the face of more sophisticated cyberattacks and next-generation computing tools like Quantum AI, this landmark deal is a game-changer for the cybersecurity industry. It reflects Google’s commitment to enhancing its cybersecurity capabilities amid fierce industry competition.
Google and Wiz: A Strategic Move to Strengthen Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) Cloud Security
By integrating Wiz’s innovative platform, Google accelerates its goal to fortify infrastructure security across multi-cloud environments, addressing the pressing need for robust security solutions in an increasingly interconnected digital landscape.
Their acquisition of Wiz is a calculated response to these mounting challenges. Wiz has distinguished itself as a cutting-edge security platform capable of identifying and mitigating risks across complex cloud environments. Its ability to scan infrastructure without requiring agents provides unprecedented visibility into potential vulnerabilities across major cloud platforms like Google Cloud, Azure, and Amazon Web Services.
The acquisition greatly enables Google to enhance its security capabilities. Wiz’s technology can penetrate deep into cloud infrastructures, identifying risks in virtual machines (VMs), containers, and development environments with remarkable precision. This move positions Google Cloud as a more robust, security-first platform in an increasingly competitive cloud market.
Google, Wiz, and AvePoint: A Comprehensive Approach to Cloud Security
While Wiz is a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) that excels at cloud infrastructure, data, and application security, AvePoint brings critical complementary expertise by focusing on content-level protection within collaboration environments. Our Confidence Platform is purpose-built to address security risks specific to Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms like Google Workspace, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365, offering Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), data resilience, and data governance capabilities that cover the structured and unstructured data contained within the cloud infrastructure.
Where Wiz provides a panoramic view of potential infrastructure vulnerabilities, AvePoint delves into the nuanced world of collaborative content. AvePoint can provide:
Complete Google Data Protection
Organizations cannot risk losing critical data in Google Workspace or Google Cloud. AvePoint’s comprehensive data protection ensures rapid recovery and safeguards against data loss, storing immutable, air-gapped backups within or outside the Google Cloud trust. Move forward with your AI pilots, agile low-code no-code business solutions, and more, with confidence that the work being done and the data it relies on are always secure and accessible.
Proactive Risk Intelligence
Gain proactive risk intelligence across Google Workspace with powerful security insights. Monitor and manage external user access in Google Drive to ensure only trusted users remain in your system. Automate granular access reporting, leveraging Google’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engine for advanced scanning, risk monitoring, and smarter permissions control.
Command of the Information Lifecycle
Take charge of your information lifecycle in Google Workspace. Simplify records management with customizable labels and seamless search integration. Centrally coordinate data classification, enforce consistency with automated syncing, and empower data owners with secure access to ensure proper management and sharing throughout the entire data lifecycle.
In an era of more advanced cyberthreats, the prudent path for organizations is to adopt a one-two punch approach to achieve comprehensive defenses not only for the technology infrastructure but also for the sensitive information that flows through those systems. This unified approach from Google, Wiz, and AvePoint enables you to deploy complementary strategies, tools, and solutions that effectively work together to deliver a stronger, holistic defense against cyberthreats, ultimately building data resiliency.
Meet AvePoint at Google Next
Interested in exploring how these security innovations can transform your organization’s cybersecurity posture? Visit AvePoint at Google Cloud Next 2025 conference from April 9 to 11, 2025 at booth #3192, where our experts will demonstrate how our Confidence Platform complements Google’s enhanced security offerings and helps accelerate effective AI deployment.
Shyam brings over 15 years of expertise in product management, marketing, delivery, and support, with a strong emphasis on data resilience, security, and business continuity. Throughout his career, Shyam has undertaken diverse roles, from teaching video game design to modernizing legacy enterprise software and business models by fully leveraging SaaS technology and Agile methodologies. He holds a B.A. in Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
