Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector have established a new Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.
Enabled by Mandiant’s Threat Intelligence platform and Accenture Federal Services’ cybersecurity offerings, the center is designed to assist U.S. government organizations with detecting and responding to evolving cyberattacks, Accenture Federal Services and Google announced in a joint press release on Tuesday.
Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said the integration of Mandiant Threat Intelligence with Google Cloud’s AI-based security technologies is able to keep government agencies ahead of modern cyberattacks while safeguarding sensitive data.
“Our expanded alliance with Accenture Federal Services will provide the technology and professional expertise that agencies need to mitigate vulnerabilities and quickly respond to threats and breaches,” she said.
Mandiant was acquired by Google Cloud in September 2022. The new center is a joint effort to incorporate Mandiant’s Threat Intelligence platform with Accenture Federal Services’ human-centered cybersecurity services and bring the combined offering to all areas of operation within the federal government, such as the edge, data centers and the cloud.
Google Cloud’s Security AI Workbench and generative AI capabilities will also be meshed with Accenture Federal Services’ offerings to accelerate cyber threat detection and response times for federal agencies.
“Today’s federal missions demand next-generation cybersecurity solutions that can pre-empt and detect threats and assure the reliability of our nation’s critical systems,” said Accenture Federal Services CEO John Goodman, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient.
Accenture Federal Services, said Goodman, looks forward to working alongside Google to build technologies that will help customers “be confident in their cyber readiness and resilience.”
This effort builds on a partnership between the two enterprises that dates back to 2018. Their goal as a team is to combine Accenture’s service offerings with Google’s cloud technologies, and they have supported both public and private sector organizations.