founded 2004 founder kevin mandia headquarters alexandria virginia key people kevin mandia ceo richard bejtlich cso revenue us 100 million 2012 number of employees 300 2013 parent fireeye inc. website mandiant.com mandiant is an american cybersecurity firm . it rose to prominence in february 2013 when it released a report directly implicating china in cyber espionage . 1 on 30 december 2013 mandiant was acquired by fireeye in a stock and cash deal worth in excess of 1 billion . 2 contents 1 history 2 apt1 espionage report 3 references 4 external links history edit kevin mandia a former united states air force officer who serves as the company s chief executive officer founded mandiant as red cliff consulting in 2004 prior to rebranding in 2006 . 3 in 2011 mandiant received funding from kleiner perkins caufield & byers to expand its staff and grow its business to business operations . mandiant provides incident response and general security consulting along with incident management products to major global organizations governments and fortune 100 companies . its 2012 revenues were over 100 million up 76 % from 2011 . 4 the company was acquired by fireeye on december 30 2013 . 5 mandiant was awarded both the 2012 and 2013 sc award for exemplary professional leadership in information technology it security . 6 mandiant is the creator of openioc an extensible xml schema for the description of technical characteristics that identify threats attackers methodologies and evidence of compromise . apt1 espionage report edit on 18 february 2013 mandiant released a report 7 documenting evidence of cyber attacks by the people s liberation army specifically pudong district shanghai based pla unit 61398 8 targeting at least 141 organizations in the united states and other english speaking countries extending as far back as 2006 . 9 in the report mandiant refers to the espionage unit as apt1 . 10 the report states that it is likely that unit 61398 is the source of the attacks . a video was uploaded to youtube demonstrating one such intrusion by apt . 11 references edit mandiant intelligence center report . 2013 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . nicole perlroth and david e. sanger 2014 01 02 . fireeye computer security firm acquires mandiant . new york times . retrieved 2016 01 05 . mandiant a new name for a fast growing company ; red cliff consulting llc rebrands as firm offers expanded services education and software tools . business wire . 2006 02 14 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . brad stone and michael riley 2013 02 07 . mandiant the go to security firm for cyber espionage attacks . bloomberg business . retrieved 2016 01 05 . fireeye announces acquisition of mandiant . 2014 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . sc magazine names mandiant the 2013 professional award winner for best security company . 2013 03 05 . archived from the original on 2013 06 21 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . apt1 exposing one of china s cyber espionage units pdf . 2013 02 18 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . xu weiwei 2013 02 20 . china denies hacking claims . morning whistle . retrieved 2016 01 05 . david e. sanger david barboza and nicole perlroth 2013 02 18 . chinese army unit is seen as tied to hacking against u.s. . new york times . retrieved 2016 01 05 . william wan and ellen nakashima 2013 02 19 . report ties cyberattacks on u.s. computers to chinese military . washington post . retrieved 2016 01 05 . apt1 exposing one of china s cyber espionage units on youtube external links edit openioc website this article about an it related or software related company or corporation is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mandiant & oldid 734792402 categories security companiescomputer security companiesinformation technology company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from february 2014all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 19 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view