Company · Cybersecurity
Foundstone
Security consulting and vulnerability-management firm. McAfee agreed to buy it in August 2004 for $86 million. George Kurtz founded it in 1999, and Kevin Mandia worked there before starting Mandiant.
Of the 2 people here linked to Foundstone, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at Google. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
2 people at Foundstone
Founder Past
Role
Founder, 1999–2004
Source
· high confidence. McAfee acquired Foundstone in August 2004.
Cybersecurity · Technology 2 / 0
George Kurtz
Co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike; previously founded Foundstone and was McAfee's CTO
middle-class · well-connected · college degree
Employee Past
Role
Director of computer forensics
Source
· medium confidence. Ballistic Ventures page lists the role without tenure years; the profile narrative says three years.
Cybersecurity 3 / 1
Kevin Mandia
Founder of Mandiant (originally Red Cliff Consulting); later CEO of FireEye/Mandiant through its acquisition by Google
middle-class · some · graduate degree
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