Google said it reached a deal to buy cybersecurity company
Mandiant Inc.
for nearly $5.4 billion, aiming to bolster its cloud unit with more cybersecurity offerings at a time when businesses across industries have seen a wave of attacks on their systems.
Google, a unit of
Alphabet Inc.,
said Tuesday the deal will allow its cloud unit to offer an end-to-end security operation to customers.
Once the deal closes, Mandiant will become part of the Google Cloud unit, which is rapidly growing but remains smaller than its key rivals. In the most recent quarter, the business saw revenue rise by about 45% to $5.54 billion, or about 7% of the company’s total quarterly revenue.
Thomas Kurian,
chief executive of Google Cloud,…
