Cybersecurity Industry Heavyweight Justin Harvey Joins Accenture Security
December 05 2016 - 7:57AM
Business Wire
Harvey to head up Incident Response
Practice
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that veteran cybersecurity
expert Justin Harvey has joined the company as managing director
and global lead for the Incident Response Practice. Harvey brings
more than 20 years of experience to Accenture and specializes in
endpoint detection and response, defense against cyberespionage,
security operations, incident response and threat intelligence. In
his new role, Harvey will focus on expanding Accenture’s incident
response and breach readiness solutions that address preparedness
through threat identification and eradication for Accenture’s
global client base.
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Justin Harvey, managing director,
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“How a business manages the immediate aftermath of a cyberattack
is just as important as what they do to prevent a breach from
happening in the first place,” said Kelly Bissell, managing
director, Accenture Security. “Justin has a wealth of experience
and cyber crisis management expertise in helping organizations in
the commercial, government and defense sectors manage large-scale
incident responses. As a proven industry leader, he will help our
clients prepare for and tackle this very important security
challenge, and I am delighted to have him on board.”
“My passion is working directly with clients around the globe to
build cyber defense capabilities that focus on the detection,
response and resolution of targeted threats,” said Justin Harvey.
“I joined Accenture because I firmly believe the company has a
commitment to innovation, unmatched industry know-how and proven
solutions that can combat the greatest security threats out there.
This is a unique opportunity and I am very excited to lead
Accenture’s Incident Response Practice.”
Harvey brings in-depth technical knowledge of targeted threats
by cybercriminal adversaries as well as their tactics, techniques
and procedures. He comes to Accenture from Fidelis Cybersecurity
where he served as the Chief Security Officer. Previously, Harvey
spent more than twenty years at leading advanced teams including
FireEye, Mandiant and ArcSight/HP developing strategies and
solutions in information technology and security.
Accenture Security helps organizations build
resilience 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 organization’s 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 unknown. Follow us
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blog.
About Accenture
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providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 384,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives
innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us
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