Mandiant is an American
cybersecurity firm and a subsidiary of
Google. It rose to prominence in February 2013 when it released a report directly implicating
China in
cyber espionage. In December 2013, Mandiant was acquired by
FireEye for $1 billion, who eventually sold the FireEye product line, name, and its employees to
Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 billion in June 2021.
In March 2022, Google announced that it would acquire the company for $5.4billion and integrate it into its
Google Cloud division, with the firm becoming fully incorporated in September 2022.
Mandiant is the creator of OpenIOC (Open
Indicators of Compromise), an extensible
XML schema for the description of technical characteristics that identify
threats,
security hackers' methodologies, and evidence of compromise. In 2012, its revenues were over $100 million, up 76% from 2011.[4]
In December 2013, Mandiant was acquired by
FireEye for $1 billion.[9][10] In October 2020, the company announced Mandiant Advantage, a subscription-based
SaaS platform designed to augment and automate security response teams which combined the threat intelligence gathered by Mandiant and data from cyber incident response engagements;[11] in December, the company investigated a major
supply chain attack by
SolarWinds on U.S. government infrastructure.[12][13][14]
In May 2021, Mandiant was contracted to assist in the response to a ransomware incident impacting
Colonial Pipeline, a fuel pipeline operator that supplies close to half of the gasoline, diesel, and other fuels to the
East Coast of the U.S.[15][16] In June, the company was spun off FireEye as part of the latter's acquisition by
Symphony Technology Group.[17][18] In August, the company acquired Intrigue, which specialized in surface management.[19]
In 2022,
Axios reported that Mandiant reporters identified a pro-
China disinformation campaign targeting American voters ahead of the
2022 midterm elections.[20]
On May 4, 2023, Mandiant announced its integration for MISP, Splunk SIEM and SOAR.[21]
Acquisition by Google
In March 2022, it was announced that the company would be acquired by
Google for $5.4 billion and subsequently integrated into the
Google Cloud division.[22] Following the announcement,
Fortune reported that while the deal could face antitrust scrutiny, the acquisition "could help increase competition" rather than harm it.[23]
In April 2022, it was reported that the
Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division was probing the deal for potential violations of federal antitrust law.[24] However, Mandiant revealed in July 2022 that the DOJ granted the acquisition approval.[25] Following a review over potential competition concerns, the
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced it would not oppose the deal.[26]
On September 12, 2022, the deal closed and integration between Mandiant and Google Cloud began. Following the acquisition, Mandiant was allowed to maintain its brand as a subsidiary of Google Cloud.[27][28]