Google Cloud NEXT '26 Challenge Submission Google just announced Agentic Defense at Cloud NEXT '26 — an AI-powered security platform that combines Google Threat Intelligence, Security Operations, and Wiz's Cloud Security into one autonomous system. AI agents that hunt threats, engineer detections, and auto-remediate vulnerabilities. Sounds solid on paper. My job is to break things on paper. So let me tell you what I actually thought while reading through those announcements — not as someone impressed by the demo, but as someone already thinking about the gaps. First, Let's Give Credit Where It's Due I'm not going to pretend this isn't a meaningful step. The numbers are real: Triage and Investigation Agent has processed 5 million alerts, cutting 30-minute analysis down to 60 seconds Security Operations Center agents reduced threat mitigation time by over 90% Dark web intelligence engine analyzing millions of daily events at claimed 98% accuracy That 2% miss rate sounds small.…