Google to Buy Cybersecurity Platform Mandiant for $5.4B Cash

Google signed a definitive agreement to buy cybersecurity platform Mandiant for $5.4 billion in an all-cash deal, said the buyer Tuesday. Mandiant will join Google Cloud when the transaction closes later this year, it said. “Organizations are facing cybersecurity challenges that have accelerated in frequency, severity and diversity, creating a global security imperative,” said Google. “The cloud represents a new way to change the security paradigm by helping organizations address and protect themselves against entire classes of cyber threats.”