Google said on Tuesday that it would pay $5.4 billion in cash to purchase Mandiant, a renowned cyber security and response business.b
Mandiant will join Google Cloud when the transaction is completed.
Mandiant’s purchase will bolster Google Cloud’s current security capabilities, the firm stated in a statement.
“Organizations all around the globe are experiencing unprecedented cybersecurity problems as the complexity and intensity of attacks that were formerly only employed against large countries are now being used against businesses in every sector,” says the report, “Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said.
“We’re excited to welcome Mandiant to Google Cloud, where we’ll be able to improve our security operations suite and advisory services while also assisting clients with their most pressing security concerns,” says Google “Added he.
Google Cloud will now provide an end-to-end security operations suite with even more capabilities to serve clients across both cloud and on-premise systems, thanks to the integration of Mandiant.
Mandiant provides real-time and in-depth threat information obtained through working on the front lines of cybersecurity with the world’s leading companies.
“Mandiant’s purpose has been to battle cyber assaults and safeguards our clients from the current dangers since our foundation in 2004,” says the company “Kevin Mandia, Mandiant’s CEO, said. “To that end, we’re ecstatic to be collaborating with Google Cloud.” We will change the security sector by delivering knowledge and intelligence at scale.”
