Accenture Unites with CrowdStrike to Revolutionize Cybersecurity Defenses

Accenture Unites with CrowdStrike to Revolutionize Cybersecurity Defenses

Summary

• Accenture is working with CrowdStrike to deliver security services to clients worldwide.
• The deal pairs Accenture’s consulting and integration work with CrowdStrike’s security platform.
• The goal is better protection for large companies and critical infrastructure operators.

Accenture and CrowdStrike team up

Accenture has expanded its partnership with CrowdStrike. The plan is to sell clients a combined package in which CrowdStrike’s tools are installed and run by Accenture’s staff, because big clients increasingly want one partner to handle both the software and the people who operate it.

What each company brings

Accenture knows how its clients’ business systems fit together and has thousands of consultants who can roll out new tools. CrowdStrike brings its Falcon platform. Together they can cover endpoints, cloud workloads and identities for clients across industries.

CrowdStrike gets a larger sales channel. Accenture works with many of the world’s biggest companies, so the deal puts CrowdStrike’s platform in front of more large buyers.

What clients get

Clients get CrowdStrike’s technology inside Accenture’s managed services, with detection and response included.

Accenture’s security practice will run and integrate the tools for clients that do not want to manage them in-house.

Why demand is rising

Hybrid and remote work spread company systems across homes, offices and cloud services. Attacks followed. The partnership is aimed at that demand.

Ransomware and phishing remain the most common threats. Clients want faster response.

Where the partnership could go

Partnerships like this are common in security, since consultancies want strong products to resell and vendors want reach. Expect new joint services.

What to watch

For large organizations, the deal means one more way to buy security as a managed service. Compare it with rival packages on price and response times, and ask who owns the tools if you switch.

Dan Evert, CCNP

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