Kevin Mandia joins the Amazon board with 30-plus years in cybersecurity
Amazon elected Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board of directors on September 8, citing cybersecurity as a top organizational risk.
Amazon added Kevin Mandia, founder and former CEO of Mandiant (acquired by Google in 2022), to its Board of Directors. He currently leads security company Armadin as founder and CEO and is co-founder and general partner at venture firm Ballistic Ventures. Mandia has over 30 years of cybersecurity experience, including service on NSTAC and CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee and prior roles as a Pentagon computer security officer and Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent.
- Amazon elected Kevin Mandia to its board on September 8
- Mandia founded Mandiant, sold to Google in September 2022
- He currently runs Armadin and co-founded Ballistic Ventures
- He served on NSTAC and CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
- Amazon cites evolving AI-driven threats as reason for board expertise
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- Ballistic VenturesArmadinCISANSTACU.S. Air Force
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Amazon elected Kevin Mandia to its Board of Directors on September 8. Mandia founded Mandiant and served as its CEO before Google acquired the firm in September 2022, and he has worked against cyber threats in the public and private sectors for more than 30 years.
By Mirko Zorz · helpnetsecurity.com
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