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Accenture to acquire French cybersecurity company Openminded Image: © JHVEPhoto/Stock.adobe.com The multinational’s planned acquisition would accelerate its growth in France and bolster its cybersecurity capabilities across Europe. Consulting giant Accenture has announced plans to acquire cybersecurity company Openminded for an undisclosed sum. Once completed, the deal would bring around 100 highly skilled cybersecurity professionals to Accenture Security’s workforce of nearly 7,000 profes...

Accenture to Acquire Openminded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is to acquire Openminded, a France-based cybersecurity services company. The amount of the deal – which requires prior consultation with the work council and would be subject to customary closing conditions – was not disclosed. Once completed, the acquisition would bring approximately 100 cybersecurity professionals to Accenture Security’s workforce of nearly 7,000 professionals globally and extend Accenture’s cybersecurity presenc...

Accenture To Buy French Cybersecurity Services Firm Openminded; Terms Not Disclosed PARIS (dpa-AFX) - Accenture (ACN), a professional services company, announced Thursday its agreement to acquire Openminded, a French cybersecurity services company that provides advisory, cloud & infrastructure security, cyber defense, and managed security services. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition requires prior consultation with the work council. The deal would be subject to ...

Accenture to Acquire Openminded Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire 12-year-old French cybersecurity services company Openminded.  The Irish multinational consulting and processing services company said that the acquisition would strengthen its security presence and capabilities in France and stimulate Accenture’s growth in Europe. Openminded is a provider of advisory, cyber-defense, cloud & infrastructure security, and managed security serv...

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“The average ransom that companies paid to hackers who attacked their networks climbed by 60% over the past year, reaching $178,000 per attack,” Roee Schreiber, Security Managing Director at Accenture Security said in an interview during Calcalist’s Cyber Week. “As part of our cyber threat intelligence services, we publish a report that reveals to what extent hackers’ daring increases from year to year. Truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to inventing new attack methods,” h...

Healthcare Security Architect, Palo Alto Networks Baik is a healthcare security architect. Before Palo Alto Networks, he spent most of his career in healthcare delivery and research organizations as a security practitioner with responsibilities spanning over infrastructure, information security, and enterprise architecture. Baik is a CISSP-ISSAP and a certified HITRUST CSF practitioner. × Security Innovation Principal, Accenture Security Dr. Thomas (Tom) Duffey is a Security Innovation Princi...