FireEye, the leader in stopping today’s advanced cyber attacks, has acquired privately held Mandiant, the leading provider of advanced endpoint security products and security incident response management solutions, creating combined entity with a complete solution for detecting, resolving, and preventing advanced threats. Mandiant will be integrated with FireEye to provide global services and cloud solutions, including security consulting, incident response, and managed services. Mandiant’s endpoint threat detection and response products will be incorporated as a core element of the FireEye Oculus platform. The deal is estimated at $1B.
“Organizations today are faced with knitting together a patchwork of point products and services to protect their assets from advanced threats,” said David DeWalt, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of FireEye. “Together, the size and global reach of FireEye and Mandiant will enable us to innovate faster, create a more comprehensive solution, and deliver it to organizations around the world at a pace that is unmatched by other security vendors.”
“The combination of FireEye and Mandiant will deliver end-to-end protection and meaningful value to customers,” said Kevin Mandia, Mandiant’s founder and chief executive officer “By joining FireEye and Mandiant, we will be able to deliver fully integrated products and services that help organizations protect themselves from attacks. The combined product portfolio will cover all the major attack points within an organization, and our expanded services capacity will allow us to quickly pivot to incident response when necessary to reduce the impact of security breaches.” Read More FireEye Announces Acquisition of Mandiant
