Accenture Acquires Context Information Security, a UK-Based Cybersecurity Consultancy

LONDON and NEW YORK; March 6, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Context Information Security, a leading cyber defense consultancy, previously owned by parent company Babcock International Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.
March 06, 2020

Only 17% of Organizations Globally Considered “Leaders” in Cyber Resilience, According to Accenture Study

NEW YORK; Feb. 3, 2020 – Despite higher levels of investment in advanced cybersecurity technologies over the past three years, less than one-fifth of organizations are effectively stopping cyberattacks and finding and fixing breaches fast enough to lower the impact, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
February 03, 2020

Accenture to Acquire Symantec’s Cyber Security Services Business from Broadcom

NEW YORK; Jan. 7, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Symantec’s Cyber Security Services business from Broadcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO). Financial terms were not disclosed.
January 07, 2020

Team from Integrated Risk Management Firm Sargon Solutions Joins Accenture Security

NEW YORK; Dec. 11, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced that it has hired a team formerly of Sargon Solutions, a firm that specialized in providing consulting and implementation services for integrated risk management. The move will help Accenture Security accelerate its integrated risk management security capabilities globally.
December 11, 2019

Accenture Named a Leader in European Cybersecurity Consulting Providers Report by Independent Research Firm

NEW YORK; Dec. 3, 2019 – Accenture Security has been named as a Leader in the latest Forrester Research report on European cybersecurity consulting providers. The report titled, “The Forrester Wave™: European Cybersecurity Consulting Providers, Q4 2019” states that “Accenture is a good fit for chief information security officers who want to transform their security programs quickly and need both deep technical and strategy expertise.”
December 03, 2019

Accenture Expands Cybersecurity Capabilities with Network of “Cyber Ranges” to Help Industrial Companies Simulate and Respond to Cyberattacks

NEW YORK; Nov. 7, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has expanded its cybersecurity capabilities with the opening of three “cyber ranges” to help industrial companies — including those in the oil and gas, chemicals, utilities and manufacturing industries — practice their response to cyberattacks across their most critical assets.
November 07, 2019

AXA XL and Accenture Partner to Provide Cybersecurity Services to AXA XL Clients

LONDON and NEW YORK; Sept. 25, 2019 – AXA XL and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are partnering to offer global cybersecurity services to AXA XL’s underwriters, brokers and clients to strengthen their cyber capabilities to combat and recover from cyberattacks.
September 25, 2019

Accenture Report Reveals New Cybercrime Operating Model Among High-Profile Threat Groups

ARLINGTON, Va.; Aug. 14, 2019 – Cybercrime campaigns and high-profile advanced persistent threat groups are shifting how they target victims and focusing more on intricate relationships with “secure syndicate” partnerships to disguise activity, according to the latest 2019 Cyber Threatscape Report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
August 14, 2019

Cost of Cybercrime Continues to Rise for Financial Services Firms, According to Report from Accenture and Ponemon Institute

NEW YORK; July 16, 2019 – The cost to address and contain cyberattacks is greater for financial services firms than for companies in any other industry and the containment costs continue to inch upwards, according to a report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Ponemon Institute. 
July 16, 2019

Accenture Acquires Deja vu Security, Seattle-Based ‘Security of Things’ Company

ARLINGTON, Va.; June 17, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is announcing the acquisition of Deja vu Security, a privately held company that specializes in security design and testing of enterprise software platforms and internet of things (IoT) technologies.
June 17, 2019