Optiv has officially unveiled Optiv Agentic Security Operations, an autonomous, agentic AI-driven managed security operations model. The upgraded architecture merges disparate security stacks, agentic AI workflows, threat detection and response capabilities, and Optiv’s seasoned security practitioners into a single managed service framework.
Built on the foundation of Google Security Operations and deep integration with cloud security platform Wiz, the model transitions enterprise defense strategies from reactive alert monitoring to continuous, proactive risk mitigation across the entire threat lifecycle.
Addressing the Velocity of Modern Cyber Attacks
As artificial intelligence empowers threat actors to execute attacks with unprecedented speed and complexity, legacy Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) models frequently struggle to keep pace with rapid threat proliferation. Optiv Agentic Security Operations solves this operational bottleneck by combining Google Security Operations and Google Threat Intelligence with Wiz’s full-stack cloud visibility.
The unified framework enables security teams to continuously assess, prioritize, and remediate exposures across cloud and hybrid environments before adversaries can exploit them.
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Key Enterprise Benefits and Capabilities
The platform provides for a comprehensive security posture that aims to condense the development of security capabilities that usually take several years into one streamlined and ready-to-deploy framework:
Preventative Exposure Management: Detects and mitigates cloud misconfigurations and vulnerabilities using Wiz Cloud before exploitation happens.
Automated SOC Triage: Minimizes fatigue among analysts by utilizing AI to perform automated triage and investigation of alerts.
Enriched Threat Investigation: Facilitates faster investigation through the integration of connected security telemetry, identities, exposures, and runtimes.
Technology Orchestration: Allows for coordinated and multi-technology threat response.
Practitioner-Guided Maturity: Accelerates overall Security Operations Center (SOC) evolution through continuous, human-led engineering optimizations.
“When organizations can identify risk earlier and respond faster, security becomes a business enabler,” said Kathryn Hall, Optiv’s senior vice president of services. “Optiv Agentic Security Operations represents the next evolution of managed security services, combining the strength of our Google Security Operations and Wiz collaboration with AI, automation and human expertise to help clients proactively reduce cyber risk and continuously strengthen their security posture.”
“Our work with Optiv is about turning advanced technology into immediate business value. By combining Google Security Operations and Wiz into a single managed offering, we are making it seamless for enterprises to scale their defenses and confidently navigate the AI era,” said David Smith, head of global channels and programs, Google Cloud
Human-Led, AI-Driven Security Architecture
Unlike conventional managed detection and response offerings that operate reactively, Optiv Agentic Security Operations leverages autonomous agentic AI models to analyze telemetry streams and surface environmental risk vectors proactively.
Once potential threats or misconfigurations are identified, Optiv’s elite security analysts conduct deep-dive investigations, validate critical findings, and deliver remediation guidance. By retaining human practitioners at the center of the operational process, the service ensures expert oversight while maintaining high-speed automated responses.
“Optiv plays a key role in our partner ecosystem, helping organizations deploy and maximize the value of Wiz across their cloud environments. By expanding our collaboration alongside Google Cloud, we’re bringing the power of Wiz and Google Security Operations directly into Optiv’s agentic workflows. Together, we’re helping customers reduce risk and innovate at the speed of the AI era,” said Andy Ritchie, head of worldwide channels and alliances, Wiz.
“AI is fundamentally changing the speed of cyber conflict, giving attackers unprecedented scale and velocity,” said Ben Spencer, product director, Optiv. “Organizations need security operations that can move just as quickly and see risk the way attackers do, from initial exposure all the way through remediation. Our evolved service empowers organizations to move beyond reactive alert monitoring to a connected, continuously improving security operations program that accelerates response while keeping experienced security practitioners in control.”