Accenture opens cyber security facility in Bangalore

BANGALORE, INDIA: Accenture has opened a state-of-the-art cyber center in Bangalore.

The new facility will provide access to scarce security capability and demonstrated solutions designed to help organizations detect, respond to and remediate sophisticated cyber threats on-demand, at-speed and at-scale.

The cyber center is the largest cyber security facility in the Accenture Global Delivery Network, which includes more than 50 facilities.

It brings together interdisciplinary capabilities, ranging from the innovation, incubation and development of new solutions to strategic consulting and transformation, and the managed delivery of a broad range of cyber defense services, enabling clients to tap into the latest strategies and technologies to address their toughest cyber security challenges, As-a-Service.

“The new center will be a hub for continuous, collaborative innovation – melding the combined brainpower of our clients’ teams, Accenture’s security and industry specialists as well as university and ecosystem alliance partners. Together we can replace vulnerability with capability by building innovative security solutions that can outpace cyber adversaries,” said Bill Phelps, managing director and Security lead, Accenture Operations.

Accenture employs more than 3,400 security specialists worldwide and has a global footprint of cyber centers in Manila and Prague.

Accenture is also launching its new Cyber Defense Platform, a cloud-based security platform that integrates key elements to quickly and affordably industrialize and scale a 24/7 managed security capability.