Google Completes $5.4B Mandiant Buy, Will Keep Mandiant Brand

Google closed on its $5.4 billion buy of cybersecurity platform Mandiant in an all-cash deal (see 2203080002), said the buyer Monday. It will incorporate Mandiant into Google Cloud and keep the Mandiant brand, it said. Combining Google Cloud’s existing security portfolio with Mandiant’s cyberthreat intelligence “will allow us to deliver a security operations suite to help enterprises globally stay protected at every stage of the security lifecycle,” blogged Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian Monday.