Google’s Latest AI Agents Protect Businesses From Potential Threats

Summary: Google has added new AI agents into its Cloud’s unified security system for enterprises that keep hackers and potential threats at bay. Google designed these agents to complement cybersecurity experts, not to take their place. The agents can generate reports on potential security alerts and even determine whether a code is secure or unsafe.

Google recently held its Cloud Next 25 event, during which it unveiled its advancements and new solutions for businesses. As expected, artificial intelligence is present in every new product from the company. Google expanded its portfolio of “AI agents” for businesses, this time focusing on offering a unified security system to address potential threats.

Cybercriminals constantly target businesses, especially large companies. Breaching these organizations’ data can result in large sums of money. It can also pose a severe risk to the privacy of the compromised company’s employees, users, or customers. That’s why the cybersecurity business is booming. In the age of AI, it’s only natural that this technology helps experts work more efficiently to detect and prevent potential threats.

Google Cloud’s unified security system gets new AI agents

This is what Google is proposing with its latest AI agents. They are not intended to replace current cybersecurity analysts. Google’s approach involves collaborative work between them and AI agents. Experts can delegate tasks to these “digital beings,” saving time and allowing them to focus on more complex tasks.

For example, there is an always-on agent that performs context analysis for each security alert. The agent is able to gather all relevant information related to the threat. It can also issue a verdict on the nature of the potential threat. Analysts will receive the report and make the final decision on how to act. This greatly facilitates a process where human experts previously had to conduct investigations, classify, and analyze them. When there are dozens (or hundreds) of alerts per day, the workflow can be quite slow. However, this AI agent promises to speed things up considerably.

There is also a malware analysis agent. The company offers it as part of its Google Threat Intelligence suite. It is capable of analyzing and determining whether a code is safe or potentially harmful. It can even automatically create and execute deobfuscation scripts. Attackers often use a technique called “obfuscation” when developing malware. The term refers to adding “intentional obscurity” to code to avoid making it less understandable and thus prevent security systems from detecting it as malicious. This AI agent can also generate reports and issue verdicts on the code’s security.