Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board

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News Summary

  • Amazon appoints Kevin Mandia to its board of directors.
  • Mandia founded Mandiant, which Google bought for $5.4bn in 2022.
  • He is now the founder and chief executive of cybersecurity startup Armadin.
  • Amazon says Mandia is a ‘widely recognized cybersecurity expert’ with more than 30 years of experience.
  • He was granted restricted stock units for 4,086 shares of Amazon common stock in three equal annual instalments from 15 November 2027, provided he stays on the board.
If there is a way in, the modern AI threat will find it, Kevin Mandia wrote in March, in the blog post that launched his cybersecurity startup, Armadin.

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