Accenture Expands Cybersecurity Capabilities with Network of “Cyber Ranges” to Help Industrial Companies Simulate & Respo...
07 Noviembre 2019 - 06:59AM
Business Wire
Accenture will also open new Cyber Fusion
Center in Houston for industrial control systems
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.
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The cyber ranges are controlled, interactive and hyper-realistic
environments for cybersecurity training and software development
used to assess network and other technical vulnerabilities of
industrial control systems (ICS). These systems are commonly used
to automate processes in critical infrastructure industries such as
utilities, petrochemicals, oil and gas, and industrial
manufacturing.
Featuring live-fire, multi-vendor capabilities, the three cyber
ranges are located in:
- Houston, Texas ‒ Housed within one of the company’s
innovation hubs, this cyber range focuses on the oil and gas
industry, from upstream exploration, midstream into downstream
refining and retail.
- Washington, D.C. ‒ Focused on the utilities industry
from electric transmission to distribution, this cyber range is in
Accenture’s Cyber Fusion Center in Washington, D.C.
- Essen, Germany ‒ This cyber range, in one of the
company’s Industry X.0 Innovation Centers, is dedicated to the
utilities and chemicals industries focused on electric distribution
networks and chemical plants.
“We tailor security solutions to our clients’ industries and
help them build resilience across their entire value chains,” said
Jim Guinn II, who leads Accenture’s cybersecurity business for the
energy, utilities, chemicals and mining industries. “Our ICS cyber
ranges are designed to help pressure-test and improve the security
posture of organizations so they can innovate safely and grow their
businesses with confidence.”
Accenture is also in the construction stage of its first ICS
Cyber Fusion Center opening early next year to help clients better
protect their industrial networks, including field level and plant
assets. Located in Accenture’s Innovation Hub in the heart of
Houston’s business district, the new ICS Cyber Fusion Center will
bring together world-class threat intelligence and vulnerability
assessment services leveraging a dedicated team of ICS and industry
security analysts. The center will be part of Accenture’s global
network of Cyber Fusion Centers, joining others in Washington,
D.C.; Bangalore, India; Prague; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Tokyo.
“The energy industry has the largest installed base of
industrial control systems around the world, and the cyber risk has
never been greater,” said Luis Luque, ICS cybersecurity global lead
at Accenture Security. “Securing and defending these large and
complex industrial systems requires not only improving processes
and tools, but also adopting cybersecurity practices for
operational maintenance and resilience programs. With the expansion
of our ICS cybersecurity capabilities, we can deliver the most
comprehensive security solutions tailored across the ICS
environment, delivered by people who understand the zero-loss time
imperative our industry expects.”
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clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for
their stakeholders. With 492,000 people serving clients in more
than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way
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from the inside out, so they can confidently focus on innovation
and growth. Leveraging its global network of cybersecurity labs,
deep industry understanding across client value chains and services
that span the security lifecycle, Accenture protects organizations’
valuable assets, end-to-end. With services that include strategy
and risk management, cyber defense, digital identity, application
security and managed security, Accenture enables businesses around
the world to defend against known sophisticated threats, and the
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