Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia elected to Amazon's board of directors

Amazon elected cybersecurity veteran Kevin Mandia — founder of Mandiant and current CEO of Armadin — to its board of directors on September 8, citing cybersecurity and evolving AI-driven threats as top organizational risks.

Amazon elected Kevin Mandia, founder and former CEO of Mandiant, to its board of directors on September 8, according to Help Net Security and SecurityWeek (both published 2026-09-10). Both outlets report the move was driven by the need for cybersecurity expertise as AI-era risks evolve, with Amazon citing cybersecurity as a top organizational risk. Mandia has more than 30 years of cybersecurity experience — characterized by SecurityWeek as incident response and threat intelligence work — and currently leads security firm Armadin as founder and CEO. He is co-founder and general partner at venture firm Ballistic Ventures per Help Net Security; SecurityWeek identifies the role as general partner. He founded Mandiant, which was acquired by Google in 2022 — Help Net Security specifies September 2022 — and, per SecurityWeek, was folded into Google Cloud; SecurityWeek additionally reports that FireEye acquired Mandiant in 2013 before the brand was restored in 2021, a detail not included in the Help Net Security report. Mandia previously served on NSTAC and CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee and worked as a Pentagon computer security officer and as an Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent. Amazon said his experience will help inform board decisions on evolving cybersecurity and AI risks.

• Amazon elected Kevin Mandia to its board of directors on September 8 (both reports).
• Mandia founded Mandiant and previously led the company; Help Net Security says it was sold to Google in September 2022, while SecurityWeek says Google acquired Mandiant in 2022 and folded it into Google Cloud.
• SecurityWeek (only) reports FireEye acquired Mandiant in 2013 and the Mandiant brand was restored in 2021.
• Mandia currently runs security firm Armadin as founder and CEO (both reports).
• He is co-founder and general partner at venture firm Ballistic Ventures per Help Net Security; SecurityWeek lists him as a general partner at the firm.
• He has over 30 years of cybersecurity experience; SecurityWeek describes it as incident response and threat intelligence experience.
• He served on NSTAC and on CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (both reports).
• Prior roles include Pentagon computer security officer and Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent (both reports).