• Lacework, a cloud-native application security provider, has partnered with Google Cloud to launch its new patented Polygraph Data Platform in Google Cloud Marketplace to strengthen multi-cloud capabilities for joint customers.

• The partnership enables Google Cloud customers to quickly purchase the automated security offering from Lacework and integrate the platform into their environments. The Lacework Polygraph Data Platform delivers automated visibility and threat detection across multi-cloud environments from build time through runtime without requiring manual oversight from security teams. Google Cloud and Lacework have also committed to partner on integrations with Google Cloud Security Command Center (SCC) and build jointly developed features.

• Following this, Lacework also announced an undisclosed investment from Google Ventures (GV).

<ul><li> Analyst QuickTake: Last year , Lacework secured one of the largest funding rounds recorded in the next-gen cybersecurity industry, raising USD 1.3 billion in an extension to its Series D fundraise, which valued the company at USD 8.3 billion. This was more than eight times the USD 1 billion sticker price achieved during early-2021.</ul>