Google X is spinning out a cybersecurity company called Chronicle
As of today, there’s a new company under the Alphabet banner: Google X announced a new spinoff focusing entirely on cybersecurity, dubbed Chronicle.
Billed by Google X chief Astro Teller as a “digital immune system,” Chronicle focuses on detecting threats by analyzing and storing security-related data within large enterprises. Using Google’s infrastructure, the company claims to be able to detect threats faster and at a broader scale than existing systems, which is potentially the key to stopping hacks early.
“We think we’ll be able to help organizations see their full security picture in much higher fidelity than they currently can,” founder Stephen Gillet said in a Medium post announcing the launch.
Further details on the project are…
