Accenture and SandboxAQ offer protection against quantum-based decryption attacks

Accenture and SandboxAQ are partnering to deliver AI and quantum computing solutions to help organizations identify and remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities. According to recent Accenture research, executives’ top concern for 2024 is the ability to … Continue reading Accenture and SandboxAQ offer protection against quantum-based decryption attacks

Cybersecurity should be a business priority for CEOs

74% of CEOs are concerned about their organizations’ ability to avert or minimize damage to the business from a cyberattack – even though 96% of CEOs said that cybersecurity is critical to organizational growth and stability, according to Accentu… Continue reading Cybersecurity should be a business priority for CEOs

Cybertech Europe 2023 video walkthrough

In this Help Net Security video, we take you inside Cybertech Europe 2023 at La Nuvola Convention Center in Rome. The video features the following vendors: Accenture, Armis, Atlantica, Cisco, Cloudflare, CyberArk, Cyber Guru, Cybergym, DGS, Forcepoint,… Continue reading Cybertech Europe 2023 video walkthrough

Accenture’s Kelly Brough Says IT Is Bringing Pragmatism to Australia’s AI Projects

Kelly Brough, Accenture’s director of applied intelligence for Australia and New Zealand, told TechRepublic IT teams are often the most practical about AI, but success will depend on working with others. Continue reading Accenture’s Kelly Brough Says IT Is Bringing Pragmatism to Australia’s AI Projects

Accenture and Workday help companies reinvent their finance functions

Accenture and Workday are expanding their partnership to help organizations reinvent their finance functions to be more agile, data-driven and customer-centric. The companies are collaborating to develop a suite of data-led, composable finance solution… Continue reading Accenture and Workday help companies reinvent their finance functions

Macs are getting compromised to act as proxy exit nodes

AdLoad, well-known malware that has been targeting systems running macOS for over half a decade, has been observed delivering a new payload that – unbeknown to the owners – enlisted their systems into a residential proxy botnet. According t… Continue reading Macs are getting compromised to act as proxy exit nodes

Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks

Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn’t shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks.

The next time you receive a breach notification letter that invariably says a company you trusted places a top priority on customer security and privacy, consider this: Only four of the Fortune 100 companies currently list a security professional in the executive leadership pages of their websites. This is actually down from five of the Fortune 100 in 2018, the last time KrebsOnSecurity performed this analysis. Continue reading Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks

Three cybersecurity actions that make a difference

Organizations that closely align their cybersecurity programs to business objectives are 18% more likely to achieve target revenue growth and market share and improve customer satisfaction, as well as 26% more likely to lower the cost of cybersecurity … Continue reading Three cybersecurity actions that make a difference

Immersive Labs and Accenture join forces to address the cybersecurity talent deficit

Immersive Labs and Accenture are working together to launch the Cyber Million program that aims to solve the cybersecurity talent deficit by increasing access to one million entry-level cybersecurity operations jobs over the next decade. The beta versi… Continue reading Immersive Labs and Accenture join forces to address the cybersecurity talent deficit

Accenture invests in SpiderOak to elevate satellite communications security in space

Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in SpiderOak. SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure product suite brings zero trust security to zero gravity environments. OrbitSecure leverages a combination of no-knowledge encryption and distr… Continue reading Accenture invests in SpiderOak to elevate satellite communications security in space