Agentless Cloud Security Posture Management

Wiz developed a cloud security platform that scans entire cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) without deploying agents, providing comprehensive visibility into misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues. The company went from founding in 2020 to $32 billion acquisition by Google in 2025 — the fastest journey to that valuation in cybersecurity history. Wiz's four co-founders all served in IDF Unit 8200 and previously built Adallom (acquired by Microsoft).

The technology addresses a fundamental challenge of cloud computing: as organizations deploy thousands of cloud services, containers, and serverless functions, maintaining security visibility becomes exponentially difficult. Wiz's agentless approach — which connects via cloud APIs rather than requiring software installation — enables complete environment scanning in minutes rather than months, covering workloads that agent-based tools cannot reach.

Strategically, Wiz's trajectory epitomizes the Israeli cybersecurity model: military intelligence training → enterprise security company → massive exit. The $32B acquisition price reflects not just technology value but the strategic importance of cloud security as enterprise computing moves entirely to cloud platforms. Wiz's approach has spawned a category (CSPM) and validated agentless scanning as the dominant architecture for cloud security.