The alliance aims to develop integrated security systems and share threat intelligence, and lists partners including Google, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Microsoft as founding members. Top cybersecurity vendors have joined Mandiant’s newly launched Cyber Alliance Program, formed to help develop integrated security systems and share threat intelligence.The alliance, announced this week, is open to partners offering a wide variety of applications for endpoint, network, and cloud security, as well as identity, authentication, security information, and event management.Mandiant is no stranger to cybersecurity partnerships. In April, it announced a partnership with CrowdStrike, in a deal that will allow Mandiant to use the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform and subscription offerings for its own incident response and consulting services. Mandiant will also be working to integrate its offerings with Google Cloud Platform, when its acquisition by the cloud giant closes as expected later this year. “Mandiant has been building a strong partner integration ecosystem for years and we’ve re-envisioned our partner program from the ground up,” said Marshall Heilman, chief technology officer at Mandiant, in a blog post. The launch of the alliance will allow Mandiant and its partners to merge threat intelligence, validation, incident response, and managed services through product platforms, Heilman said.Partnership benefits of the Mandiant Cyber Alliance Program include access to threat intelligence, technical integration into the Mandiant Advantage platform, exclusive sponsorship, and partner opportunities at Mandiant mWISE events, among others. Mandiant’s flagship partners include: Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Google Cloud, InnerActiv, Interos, IronNet, Microsoft, Netskope, Nozomi Networks, Nucleus Security, SentinelOne, SimSpace, SnapAttack and Trellix, among others.Mandiant opens managed defense beta program to customersA new beta program for Mandiant’s managed detection and response (MDR) service, called Managed Defense, also leverages partnerships to enhance the offering’s capabilities.Open to select CrowdStrike Falcon and SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint customers, the beta program offers 24/7 access to Mandiant cybersecurity experts for alert monitoring, prioritization and investigation. “Elite partners like SentinelOne and CrowdStrike enable us to evolve our Managed Defense service and deliver highly adaptable and intelligence-led solutions that allow organizations to maximize current technology investments and strengthen their cyber defenses,” said Dave Baumgartner, executive vice president of Managed Solutions at Mandiant, in a press release.Mandiant Managed Defense is a MDR service driven by Mandiant frontline expertise and threat intelligence. The company’s defenders hunt across endpoints, network, email, cloud and operational technology infrastructure Related content news CISA inks 68 tech vendors to secure-by-design pledge — but will it matter? CISA’s pledge drew some big names, but the impact on software security could be limited. Meanwhile the org has extended its comment period on the CIRCIA cyberattack reporting law. By Jon Gold May 10, 2024 4 mins Regulation Technology Industry Security Practices news Google Chrome gets a patch for actively exploited zero-day vulnerability Details of the use-after-free memory vulnerability were not publicly released, but Google says it’s aware an exploit for the bug exists. By Lucian Constantin May 10, 2024 3 mins Threat and Vulnerability Management Zero-day vulnerability Vulnerabilities news Dell data breach exposes data of 49 million customers The company says the breach compromised non-critical customer data and involved no sensitive personal or financial information. By Shweta Sharma May 10, 2024 3 mins Data Breach Hacking feature Social engineering: Definition, examples, and techniques Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems, or data. Train yourself to spot the signs. By Josh Fruhlinger May 10, 2024 15 mins Phishing Social Engineering PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe