This tool lets companies Google their systems for hackers

A new security tool has been developed that uses the search engine model, allowing companies to see if their systems have been hijacked by miscreants in order to stop the damage in time.

The tool, called Backstory, is a global security telemetry platform, developed by Chronicle, a spin-off of X – the moonshot factory owned by Google’s parent Alphabet. It uses Google’s internal security tools.

Backstory is a cloud service where companies can privately upload, store, and analyse their internal security telemetry to detect and investigate potential cyber threats, Chronicle notes in its Medium post.