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FireEye Buys Mandiant For $106.5M

FireEye has acquired privately held Mandiant, a provider of advanced endpoint security products and security incident response management solutions. The transaction was valued at roughly $106.5 million, and closed on December 30, 2013.

Mandiant will be integrated with FireEye to provide global services and cloud solutions, including security consulting, incident response, and managed services. Mandiant’s endpoint threat detection and response products will be incorporated as a core element of the FireEye Oculus platform.

Update: 01-26-14

 

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