Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced on Monday that it had closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of Mandiant (MNDT), a cyber defense company. Mandiant will be a part of its Google Cloud business and retain the Mandiant brand.
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Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud commented on the acquisition, “The completion of this acquisition will enable us to deliver a comprehensive and best-in-class cybersecurity solution.”
With the acquisition of Mandiant, Google Cloud will “deliver an end-to-end security operations suite with even greater capabilities to support customers across their cloud and on-premise environments.”