James Nunn-Price Joins Accenture to Lead Its Security Practice in Growth Markets

SYDNEY; Oct. 14, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has hired James Nunn-Price as a senior managing director to lead its Growth Markets Security business — which spans cyber defense, applied cybersecurity solutions and managed security services — across Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Greater China, India, Japan, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. He will join a global practice of more than 8,000 cybersecurity professionals and report to Kelly Bissell, Accenture’s global lead for Security. 
October 13, 2021

Accenture Federal Services Wins Women in IT’s DEI Initiative of the Year Award

ARLINGTON, Va.; Oct. 11, 2021 – Accenture Federal Services’ (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has won Women in IT’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative of the Year Award. The company’s “Let There be Change” Initiative was honored for advancing equity and inclusion to create lasting change.
October 11, 2021

Global Cyber Intrusion Activity More than Doubled in First Half of 2021, According to Accenture’s Cyber Incident Response Update

NEW YORK; Aug. 4, 2021 – The volume of cyber intrusion activity globally jumped 125% in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period last year, according to the Cyber Investigations, Forensics & Response (CIFR) mid-year update from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The information is derived from directly helping clients respond and recover from a variety of cyber incidents.
August 04, 2021

Accenture Completes Acquisition of Openminded

PARIS; July 21, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed its acquisition of Openminded, a France-based cybersecurity services company. Accenture announced its intent to acquire Openminded on April 29, 2021. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
July 21, 2021

Cybersecurity Executive Rick Driggers Joins Accenture Federal Services

ARLINGTON, Va.; July 14, 2021 – Accenture Federal Services, (AFS), a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has hired cybersecurity expert and former CISA executive, Rick Driggers. Driggers brings more than 30 years of federal government and military experience to AFS and will play a key role in developing cybersecurity solutions designed to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure.
July 14, 2021

Accenture Named a Leader Among European Cybersecurity Consulting Providers, According to Independent Research Firm

NEW YORK; July 13, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in the latest Forrester Research report on European cybersecurity consulting providers, which notes that Accenture, “dominates the field with its exceptional technology-driven offerings.”
July 13, 2021

Accenture Acquires Sentor, Enhancing Its Cyber Defense and Managed Security Services in Sweden

STOCKHOLM; June 29, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Sentor, a Sweden-based independent provider of cyber defense and managed security services. Financial terms were not disclosed.
June 29, 2021

Accenture Invests in Cloud Data Security Provider Symmetry Systems

NEW YORK; June 23, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Symmetry Systems, a San Francisco-based provider of data store and object-level security (DSOS) solutions that give organizations visibility into, and unified access control of, their most valuable data assets.
June 23, 2021

Accenture Invests in Cybersecurity Startup Prevailion to Give Clients Advanced Warning of Breaches

NEW YORK; May 4, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Prevailion, a next-generation cyber intelligence company that provides clients with expansive visibility into malware across their organization and supply chains with early detection of advanced threats through adversary counterintelligence.
May 04, 2021

Accenture Announces Intent to Acquire Openminded, France-Based Cybersecurity Services Company

PARIS; April 29, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Openminded, a France-based cybersecurity services company that provides advisory, cloud & infrastructure security, cyber defense, and managed security services. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
April 29, 2021