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His appointment comes as companies grapple with new tied to artificial intelligence. in July disclosed its autonomous agents successfully breached AI platform Hugging Face, while Anthropic in April took steps to limit the rollout of its AI model over concerns hackers could leverage it for cyberattacks. Mandia founded Mandiant in 2004 and sold the company to for in 2022. He left Google in 2024, and last year launched a new startup called , which uses AI to identify network vulnerabilities. Mandia is also a general partner at Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm he co-founded. "Mandia is a global leader in cybersecurity whose experience building and leading companies that defend the world's most complex organizations — and investing in the next generation of security entrepreneurs through Ballistic Ventures — will help inform the Board's perspective on these opportunities and challenges," Amazon wrote. Amazon said in . Mandia was awarded 4,086 shares of common stock as part of his appointment, which will vest in three equal annual installments beginning November 15, 2027, the filing states. Those shares are valued at about $1 million at Wednesday's closing price. WATCH:
