Google Security Operations
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Predecessor | X |
| Founded | January 2018 |
| Headquarters | United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Parent | Google Cloud |
Google Security Operations (known as Google SecOps, previously Google Chronicle Security Operations) is a cybersecurity firm operating within the Google Cloud Platform. Delivered as a cloud-based service leveraging Google's foundational infrastructure, it allows organizations to securely store, examine, and query vast amounts of security and network telemetry information.
History
Initially created by X, the enterprise separated into an independent entity in January 2018, dedicating its efforts to developing solutions that assist companies in combating cyber threats. At the RSA in March 2019, Chronicle unveiled "Backstory," broadening its portfolio—which already included VirusTotal and UpperCase—to provide sophisticated log ingestion and analysis capabilities integrated with threat intelligence data such as Known Malicious IP addresses and URLs. Backstory improves the identification of threats by deriving insights from security telemetry.
In June 2019, Thomas Kurian declared that Chronicle would be incorporated into Google Cloud. Currently, both Backstory and VirusTotal are components of Google Cloud’s Autonomic Security Operations platform, alongside other technologies like Looker and BigQuery.
On April 25, 2024, the brand name Google Chronicle Security Operations was changed to Google Security Operations.