Security News > 2022 > September > Google Cloud closes $5.4b Mandiant acquisition

Google closed its $5.4 billion Mandiant acquisition today in a move that brings the threat intel and incident response giant under the Google Cloud umbrella.

Six months and one shareholder lawsuit later, the two companies' combined services and products help customers shift to a "More proactive approach" to security operations, according to Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian.

"The addition of Mandiant Threat Intelligence - which is compiled by their team of security and intelligence individuals spread across 22 countries, who serve customers located in 80 countries - will give security practitioners greater visibility and expertise from the front lines," Kurian wrote.

Mandiant will keep its name, and continue to publish threat research that's available to all, not just Google Cloud customers.

The earlier news that Google Cloud would consume the security biz didn't find too many fans in the Twitterverse.

In an earlier interview with The Register, Google Cloud Security VP Sunil Potti said buying Mandiant, along with the company's other security investments, fits into the number three cloud provider's plan to win customers from Amazon and Microsoft.

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