Google wants a piece of Microsoft’s cyber-security business

Wiz is the brainchild of four former Israeli soldiers. In 2015 they sold their three-year-old first startup, Addollum, to Microsoft. The quartet then worked for Microsoft Azure, the software giant’s cloud service, before launching Wiz in 2020. Its technology helps clients identify security risks in the cloud, such as which employees are using which apps or who has a weak password. By stitching together lots of data Wiz allows customers to spot vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit.