Chronicle Security is a
cybersecurity company which is part of the
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube. Alongside ...
.Chronicle is a cloud service, built as a specialized layer on top of core Google infrastructure, designed for enterprises to privately retain, analyze, and search the massive amounts of security and network telemetry they generate.
The company began as a product by
X, but became its own company in January 2018. Chronicle creates tools for businesses to prevent cybercrime on their platforms. Chronicle announced "Backstory" at RSA 2019 in March, adding log capture and analysis to the family of products that include
VirusTotal, and UpperCase which provide threat intelligence (Known Malicious IPs and URLs). Backstory claims to "Extract signals from your security telemetry to find threats instantly," by combining log data with threat intelligence.
In June 2019
Thomas Kurian announced that Chronicle would be merged into
Google Cloud
Backstory and
Virus Total
VirusTotal is a website created by the Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas. Launched in June 2004, it was acquired by Google in September 2012. The company's ownership switched in January 2018 to Chronicle, a subsidiary of Google.
Viru ...
are now offered to Google Cloud customers as part of an Autonomic Security Operations solution
that also includes
Looker and
BigQuery.
References
Google Cloud
American companies established in 2018
Software companies established in 2018
2018 establishments in California
Computer security companies
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