Google Recognized as a Leader in External Threat Intelligence by Forrester Wave

Forrester Wave Recognition

Google announced its recognition as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: External Threat Intelligence Service Providers, Q3 2026. This evaluation assessed various providers in the threat intelligence market.

High Scores Across Criteria

Google achieved the highest possible score of 5.0 in nine distinct criteria, covering both Current Offering and Strategy. Specific areas where Google excelled include Deep and Dark Web Monitoring and Intelligence Collection Sources.

Leveraging AI and Infrastructure

The report highlighted Google's position as a frontier AI model developer. Google Threat Intelligence utilizes specialized AI agents for multi-step investigations and malware analysis, supported by Mandiant's incident response, VirusTotal's crowdsourced data, and Google's infrastructure for deep and dark web monitoring.

Impact for Security Teams

Google states that its direct access to a leading frontier AI model, rather than off-the-shelf solutions, allows its AI agents to evolve and provides immediate threat context, faster detection updates, and reduced response times for security teams. This is achieved through continuous fine-tuning and stress-testing using proprietary Gemini best practices.