Google has announced their intent to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for an astonishing $5.4 billion.
Google has announced their intent to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for an astonishing $5.4 billion. As Google’s second-largest acquisition to date, following their purchase of Motorolla for $12.5 billion in 2012, this deal will see Mandiant becoming part of Google Cloud in order to complement the company’s “existing strengths in security.” In the announcement, Google detailed how they’ll utilize Mandiant’s proven expertise in order to offer services in threat detection and intelligence, automation and response tools, testing and validation, and managed defence, as well as offering advisory services to enterprises.
