The 22-Second Crisis: Agentic Defense Transforms Enterprise Threat Response

As intrusion-to-handoff times collapse from hours to 22 seconds, Google's Agentic Defense represents a fundamental shift in how enterprises must defend against attacks. Autonomous agents capable of real-time threat detection and remediation are no longer optional—they're essential. For compliance-bound organizations, the critical challenge is whether autonomous security systems can operate at machine speed while maintaining Essential Eight control requirements.