Mandia founded Mandiant in 2004 and led the firm's landmark APT1 report attributing cyber espionage to the Chinese PLA. Mandiant merged with FireEye in 2014 and Google acquired Mandiant for $5.4B in 2022. He continues to be one of the most cited voices on nation-state threats, breach response, and the future of the SOC.
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Kevin Mandia is the founder of Mandiant, former CEO of FireEye/Mandiant, and currently a General Partner at Ballistic Ventures. In 2026 he is also CEO of Armadin, an AI-focused cybersecurity company that launched with $189.9M in seed and Series A funding.
Kevin Mandia is General Partner (Ballistic Ventures) & CEO (Armadin) at Ballistic Ventures / Armadin.
Kevin Mandia focuses on Incident response, Nation-state threats, Threat intelligence, AI security, Cybersecurity investing.
Kevin Mandia is based in Washington, DC, USA.
Kevin Mandia is listed in the Founders & CEOs category of Cyber Resources, the curated directory of the cybersecurity marketing and growth ecosystem.
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