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Kevin Mandia is an industry leader in cybersecurity . He founded Mandiant – now part of Google Cloud – and is known for the company report on Chinese cyber espionage .
Having worked in different corners of the industry for over 30 years , Kevin Mandia is a force to be reckoned with in cybersecurity . He joined the US Air Force in 1992 , where he spent the outset of his career at the Pentagon as a Computer Security Officer before becoming a Special Agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations .
Upon leaving the military , Mandia spent two years as Director of Training for Sytex / Lockheed Martin and three as Director of Foundstone , before going on to found Mandiant in 2004 .
Mandiant as part of Google Cloud Mandiant ’ s journey from conception to cybersecurity giant over the next two decades may be an ongoing story , but it has definitely caught the sector ’ s attention , becoming part of Google Cloud in 2022 while retaining Mandia as CEO .
Despite Mandian experts boasting 99 % resolutions without incident response and an average of less than five minutes from alert to triage , at the inaugural Mandiant
mWise conference in 2022 , Mandia professed that “ we should never rest , we should maintain constant vigilance ” as “ wherever money goes , crime follows ”.
“ The Mandiant brand is synonymous with unmatched insights for organisations seeking to keep themselves secure in a constantly changing environment ,” Google Cloud ’ s CEO , Thomas Kurian , told Cyber Magazine last year . “ Together , we can make a profound impact in securing the cloud , accelerating the adoption of cloud computing , and , ultimately , make the world safer .”
Mandia echoes him : “ Google Cloud shares our mission-driven culture to bring security to every organisation .”
The focus on cybersecurity is in-line with the international increase of attacks : since COVID-19 and the increase in staff working from home , the FBI have reported an increase of 300 % in reported cybercrimes .
18 March 2023