India, March 19 -- Google has announced the acquisition of Israeli cloud security startup Wiz for USD 32 billion in an all-cash deal, marking one of the largest cybersecurity acquisitions in history. Subject to regulatory approvals, Wiz will join Google Cloud to enhance its security capabilities across multicloud environments.

The deal underscores Google's efforts to strengthen cloud security, an area of growing importance as AI-driven applications and cloud infrastructure become increasingly complex. Wiz's platform, which provides seamless cloud security across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, will continue to operate independently while integrating more deeply with Google Cloud's offerings, the company said in a press release.

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