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Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia Joins Amazon Board

Amazon elected cybersecurity veteran Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant, to its board of directors on September 8.

Amazon appointed Kevin Mandia to its board, citing the need for cybersecurity expertise as AI-era risks evolve. Mandia founded and led Mandiant, which was acquired by Google in 2022 and folded into Google Cloud, and currently runs security firm Armadin as CEO while serving as general partner at Ballistic Ventures. He previously worked as a computer security officer at the Pentagon and as an Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent, and served on NSTAC and CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee.

SecurityWeekSep 10, 20:30 UTC · 6d agoIndustry1

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.

Help Net SecuritySep 10, 04:03 UTC · 7d agoIndustry

New CISO appointments 2026

Companies including Mistral AI, Trellix, Marriott, and ANZ appointed new CISOs in July-September 2026 amid high security-leadership turnover.

CSO Online's rolling column tracks senior security appointments, noting many companies are hiring a CSO/CISO for the first time. Notable moves include Thomas Coudray leaving Ledger to become Mistral AI's CISO, David Soto joining Trellix from Amazon, and Daniel Dubowski becoming Marriott International's SVP and CISO. Other appointments span ANZ, Gigamon, Axonius, Tricentis, Remitly, Allied Universal, and the State of California.

CSO OnlineSep 7, 10:09 UTC · 10d agoIndustry

Cliff Stoll’s DEF CON Talk

Schneier on Security posts about Cliff Stoll's DEF CON talk; the visible text provides no substantive details about its content.

Schneier on Security published a brief post referencing Cliff Stoll's talk at DEF CON. The available text consists almost entirely of standard blog navigation, author biography, and archive listings, with no concrete details about the talk itself. As a general security-community item, it carries no direct risk impact for defenders.

Schneier on Securityupdated Sep 11, 18:06 UTC · 5d agofirst Sep 11, 11:09 UTC · 6d agoIndustry 2 sources1

Why 2026 is the Year to Upgrade to an Agentic AI SOC

Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the production inflection point for agentic AI in security operations centers.

Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the practical inflection point for agentic AI SOCs, noting nearly two-thirds of organizations are experimenting with AI agents while fewer than one in four have production deployments. The piece outlines operational challenges and recommendations: treat agents as non-human identities with least-privilege tool access, version-control system prompts as code, deploy unified agents with on-demand task packages, and enforce per-agent budgets and rate limits. It stresses explainability via RAG and transparent reasoning traces so analysts can verify and override autonomous decisions.

Elastic Security LabsSep 8, 21:00 UTC · 8d agoIndustry

100-plus companies call for ‘global surge’ in AI

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, AWS and 100+ organizations sign open letter urging a 'global surge' in AI-powered cyber defenses.

More than 100 companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Capital One, Mastercard, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Proofpoint signed an open letter published Thursday calling for accelerated cybersecurity defenses as AI capabilities advance. The letter argues a shrinking 'defenders' window' exists to fix accumulated weaknesses such as excessive permissions, misconfigurations and unpatched legacy systems before AI-enabled attacks grow more widespread. It asks governments to coordinate cross-border defense and fund protection of critical infrastructure, and asks frontier AI labs to provide model access, funding and support. It references a June US executive order creating the Gold Eagle AI threat-sharing clearinghouse.

CyberScoopAug 28, 13:41 UTC · 19d agoIndustry