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The Team will benefit fromMandiant’s profound understanding of planning and risk management as it reliesincreasingly on artificial intelligence, connectivity between internationallocations, digital communication and advanced data capture across multipleplatforms including telemetry, driver simulators and, of course, the cars ontrack.
The Mandiant logo will appear on Alpine F1 Team’s garage environment and onthe A521 nose at this weekend’s British Grand Prix – the kick-off of thismulti-year, multi-faceted relationship.
Laurent Rossi, Chief Executive Officer, Alpine: “In Formula One, success is achieved by taking humans andtechnology to the limit while minimising risk. The fastest cars in the worldare also amongst the safest and we needed a strategic partner who could help usextend the same approach to our data, the digital reflection of who we are. Mandiant will thus cover a critical aspect of ourengineering operations and is a welcome new member of our Technical Partnersfamily.”
Pierre d’Imbleval, VP IS/IT Alpine: “Formula One Teams are at the forefront of technologicalinnovation and, when you are part of an elite, it is easier to become a target.In Mandiant, we have found a strategic partner who shares our understanding ofthe importance of planning and managing cyber risk. Mandiant will provide CyberDefence to Alpine F1 Team’s digital ecosystem, covering design, supply chain,production, simulation and racing operations. In a hyper-connected digitalworld, this is no less critical than the advanced and very tangible solutionswe enforce to protect our drivers.”
Kevin Taylor, Senior Vice President, EMEA,FireEye Mandiant: “We are pleased to be working with Alpine F1Team to help protect its employees and the intellectual property behind its F1car with the latest Mandiant cybersecurity solutions. I am confident thattogether we will tackle the new challenges of cybersecurity in the automotiveindustry, over the 23 races of the F1 championship, andbeyond.”
About Mandiant
Mandiant, a part of FireEye, bringstogether the world’s leading threat intelligence and frontline expertise withcontinuous security validation to arm organizations with the tools needed toincrease security effectiveness and reduce organizational risk.
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Melanie Lombardi
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