Amazon announced that Kevin Mandia, founder and former CEO of cybersecurity company Mandiant, has joined its board of directors. Mandia, who sold Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022 and left Google in 2024, is also a co-founder of venture capital firm Ballistic Ventures and recently launched an AI-powered network vulnerability startup Armadin. His appointment comes as companies increasingly face new cybersecurity threats tied to artificial intelligence.