The American group justifies this investment by “the cybersecurity challenges” faced by businesses.
Le Monde with AFP
The US company Google announced, Tuesday, March 8, its intention to buy Mandiant, a company specializing in cybersecurity, for about 5.4 billion dollars (4.9 billion euros).
“Today, organizations face cybersecurity challenges whose frequency, gravity and diversity have accelerated, creating a global security imperative,” says Google In a communiqué
Companies must be able to detect attacks quickly, analyze threats, put in place remedies … They can do it in the “cloud”, dematerialized computing. “The acquisition of Mandier will complement the existing google cloud assets in terms of security,” says the Californian group.
Google already offers various services, such as Virustotal, which analyzes suspicious files to detect malware, or BeyondCorp Enterprise, which allows secure access.
Subject to authorities’ authorities
Founded in 2004, the Mandic Corporation specializes in the Council in preparation for cyberattacks and the response in case of incidents. By partnering with Google, mandorous will be able to “implement its expertise and information on a larger scale”, commented on its Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Mandia, cited in the press release.
The acquisition of Mandier, who was valued at $ 5.4 billion in Wall Street Monday at closing, is still subject to the authorization of the competition authorities. Groups expect a finalization in the year.
“While cyber attacks increase from day to day and that cyberguers are launched by Russia and terrorist organizations supported by states, Google strengthens its expertise in cybersecurity with mandatory at the right time and seek to differentiate themselves from Microsoft and Amazon mastodontes in the cloud race, “says Dan Ives, Wedbush Cabinet.
This operation could affect the entire cybersecurity sector, to the extent that Amazon and Microsoft “are now under pressure to make acquisitions and further strengthen their own platform in the cloud”, adds. he in a note. Among potential candidates, according to him, are Varonis, Tenable, Cyberark, Qualys, Rapid7, SailPoint or Ping.