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Accenture Expands Cybersecurity Capabilities with Network of “Cyber
Ranges” to Help Industrial Companies Simulate and Respond to Cyberattacks

Accenture has expanded its cybersecurity to distribution, this cyber range is in will bring together world-class threat
capabilities with the opening of three “cyber Accenture’s Cyber Fusion Center in intelligence and vulnerability assessment
ranges” to help industrial companies — Washington, D.C. services leveraging a dedicated team of
including those in the oil and gas, chemicals, Essen, Germany: This cyber range, in one ICS and industry security analysts. The
utilities and manufacturing industries — of the company’s Industry X.0 Innovation center will be part of Accenture’s global
practice their response to cyberattacks Centers, is dedicated to the utilities and network of Cyber Fusion Centers, joining
across their most critical assets. The chemicals industries focused on electric others in Washington, D.C.; Bangalore,
cyber ranges are controlled, interactive distribution networks and chemical India; Prague; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Tokyo.
and hyper-realistic environments for plants. “We tailor security solutions to “The energy industry has the largest
cybersecurity training and software our clients’ industries and help them build installed base of industrial control systems
development used to assess network and resilience across their entire value chains,” around the world, and the cyber risk has
other technical vulnerabilities of industrial said Jim Guinn II, who leads Accenture’s never been greater,” said Luis Luque, ICS
control systems (ICS). These systems are cybersecurity business for the energy, cybersecurity global lead at Accenture
commonly used to automate processes in utilities, chemicals and mining industries. Security. “Securing and defending these
critical infrastructure industries such as “Our ICS cyber ranges are designed to help large and complex industrial systems
utilities, petrochemicals, oil and gas, and pressure-test and improve the security requires not only improving processes
industrial manufacturing. Featuring live- posture of organizations so they can and tools, but also adopting cybersecurity
fire, multi-vendor capabilities, the three innovate safely and grow their businesses practices for operational maintenance and
cyber ranges are located in: with confidence.” Accenture is also in the resilience programs. With the expansion
Houston, Texas: Housed within one of the construction stage of its first ICS Cyber of our ICS cybersecurity capabilities,
company’s innovation hubs, this cyber Fusion Center opening early next year to we can deliver the most comprehensive
range focuses on the oil and gas industry, help clients better protect their industrial security solutions tailored across the ICS
from upstream exploration, midstream into networks, including field level and plant environment, delivered by people who
downstream refining and retail. assets. Located in Accenture’s Innovation understand the zero-loss time imperative
Washington, D.C: Focused on the utilities Hub in the heart of Houston’s business our industry expects.”
industry from electric transmission district, the new ICS Cyber Fusion Center

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