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service, LiveFire®, utilizes real-world Accenture’s portfolio, and the acquisition skill set will be incredibly valuable to our
cyber threats to identify gaps in security furthers our mission of helping clients better clients.” Rich Mahler, Ppresident and
processes and monitoring, as well as protect and defend their organizations CEO of Revolutionary Security, said, “The
staff operations and technologies. The across their entire ecosystem.” The opportunity to become part of Accenture
results help organizations prioritize acquisition will provide Accenture’s Security will enable us to deliver more
actions to mitigate cyber risks within their clients with greater end to end solutions, complete solutions to our clients and
enterprise. Headquartered in the greater particularly regarding more complex IT expand our services to even more clients
Philadelphia area, Revolutionary Security and OT Cybersecurity challenges. “High- globally. We’re excited to be joining a
employs 90 highly skilled Cybersecurity profile and targeted Cyberattacks around leading provider in Cybersecurity services
professionals throughout the United the world are putting increased attention and look forward to working together to
States. The company, founded in 2016, on critical IT and OT security risks, with help clients solve their toughest challenges
serves a variety of clients in the energy, potentially catastrophic consequences in IT and OT security.” In March, Accenture
manufacturing, healthcare, financial if systems are hijacked,” said Jim Guinn agreed to acquire Context Information
services and communications industries. II, who leads Accenture’s Cybersecurity Security, which is the latest in a series
“The acquisition of Revolutionary Security business for the energy, utilities, chemical of acquisitions — including those of
is another demonstration of our continued and mining industries. “Companies often Symantec’s Cyber Security Services, Deja
commitment to invest in areas to keep lack the necessary visibility to manage and vu Security, iDefense, Maglan, Redcore,
our clients safe from cyber threats,” said measure OT cyber risk in the same way as Arismore and FusionX — that demonstrate
Kelly Bissell, who leads Accenture Security IT risk. Revolutionary Security’s extensive Accenture Security’s commitment to
globally. “Revolutionary Security’s service experience working with industrial investing in and innovating advanced
offerings are a perfect complement to companies and their specialized technical Cybersecurity solutions.

Arthur D. Little Takes a Look at How
Leading Businesses are Navigating
Through the COVID-19 Crisis

At Arthur D. Little we want to customers, maintaining business
play our part in helping the world continuity, engaging with
through the COVID-19 crisis. We stakeholders, and planning for
felt the best way to do this was recovery. We think all business
to facilitate sharing of knowledge leaders should listen to what they
and insight across the business have to say. Although most of us
leaders in our network, especially are still in the depths of the crisis
those from critical infrastructure and there is much uncertainty,
sectors, such as telecoms, utilities we know that at some point it
and transport, and in countries/ will end. Defeating the virus will
regions furthest into the crisis, require an unprecedented degree
such as Hong Kong, Italy and of global solidarity and universally
Singapore. In this special report, shared dedication to pursuing the
we share insight “hot off the greater good at the expense of the
press” from 25 CEOs and business comfort and convenience of the
leaders, collected via a series individual. If we succeed, the best-
of virtual best practice-sharing possible legacy of COVID-19 will
meetings. CEOs have shared with be a new spirit of collaboration,
us frank and candid feedback on connectedness and community
how their companies have gone that will benefit society, business
about steering the response, and the economy alike
safeguarding employees and

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