At Google, we see firsthand how cyber threats can outpace traditional defense mechanisms — and how agentic threat intelligence can help bridge the gap. We have a vision for agentic defense where autonomous AI agents, powered by Gemini and fed by our unmatched threat visibility, can reason through complex malware and preemptively neutralize threats at scale. This evolution can help security teams shift from anticipating risks to autonomously disrupting attack chains in real-time, effectively out-maneuvering adversaries before they can strike.
We are proud to announce that Gartner has named Google a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies. We believe this recognition validates our unique ability to unify Mandiant’s unparalleled incident response, VirusTotal’s massive, crowd-sourced threat repository, Google’s infrastructure visibility, and Gemini integration into a unified operational ecosystem.
Given the scale of the aforementioned platforms and operations, and being at every stage of the kill chain – from early deep dark web chatter to IR breach investigations – allows us to provide agents with a distinctive knowledge substrate to autonomously pre-empt threats.
Google a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies based its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
Built for enterprises and organizations that require large-scale visibility, Google Threat Intelligence can help transform how teams operationalize insights. Gemini can help analysts synthesize vast amounts of intelligence so they can take decisive action.
By protecting billions of devices and mailboxes daily, spending over 500,000 hours investigating incidents in 2025, and leveraging insights from hundreds of global threat experts, Google provides a level of breadth and depth in threat visibility that helps organizations stay ahead of even the most sophisticated global actors. Our multisignal approach provides early warning on both broad and targeted attack techniques.
We are also bringing dark web intelligence into the AI era by using the latest Gemini models to dramatically increase accuracy by forgoing keyword lists that are often a source of chronic toil, induced by as much as 90% false positives.
Conversely, our internal tests show Google Threat Intelligence can analyze millions of daily external events – with 98% accuracy. This high accuracy rating helps ensure that security teams are alerted to the most relevant threats and drastically reduces the noise of false positives.
To empower security teams exactly where they work, we have turnkey integration with Google Security Operations to enable automated rule generation and closed-loop policy enforcement. We maintain an open architecture with a vast ecosystem of partners to ensure that every organization can uplift its security operations regardless of its existing tech stack. This includes robust integrations with hundreds of security vendors enabling you to take action quickly on active and potential threats.
To complement our technology, we provide the human expertise needed to navigate the complex threat landscape. For organizations facing more challenging scenarios, Mandiant Threat Intelligence services help security teams navigate complex scenarios through direct collaboration with our global experts. This expertise is also codified in-product into off-the-shelf prompts, no-code agents and a native agentic skills layer. This combination of automated intelligence and human expertise allows organizations to have confidence in the intelligence they are using and the actions they are taking.
Delivering measurable value for security teams
Google Threat Intelligence delivers a measurable impact on the speed and scale of modern defense. Customers have identified 139% more threats proactively and made their CTI teams 46% more efficient. These gains enable teams to move beyond manual triage and focus on high-value investigations.
By accelerating detection engineering, Google Threat Intelligence identifies malicious infrastructure before it is used in campaigns. This transition allows defenders to anticipate adversary maneuvers and disrupt attack chains earlier, reducing threat dwell time and organizational risk.
Executing on our vision
We are very pleased that Gartner recognized us as a Leader in cyberthreat intelligence technologies. We feel we continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in threat research such as being the first ones to bring malware analysis to the AI era, the first ones to bring dark web to the agentic era and we continue to deliver the autonomous decision advantage to preemptively neutralize the right threats with the right action and the right context.
To learn more about Google’s position as a Leader, you can download the full 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies here.
Source: The 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cyber Threat Intelligence Technologies, Jonathan Nunez, May 4th, 2026 G00839252
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