CISA’s mission is to lead the national effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure. By using best practices from the private sector, Accenture Federal Services will support the agency’s Cybersecurity Division (CSD) Vulnerability Management (VM) Insights Branch with delivering timely and actionable guidance on risk mitigation strategies to the agency’s partners and stakeholders.
“Accenture Federal Services is excited to work with CISA to help ensure senior leaders at departments, agencies, and the private sector throughout the United States understand their role in reducing the likelihood and impact of a potentially damaging compromise,” said Accenture Federal Services Senior Managing Director and Public Sector Portfolio Lead, Vanessa Godshalk. “We look forward to supporting the agency and its partners with protecting our nation’s critical infrastructure and enhancing overall cyber resilience.”
CISA’s VM Insights Branch will play a key role in CISA’s implementation of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA). This legislation marks an important milestone in improving America’s cybersecurity by requiring that covered entities report covered cyber incidents and ransomware payments, enabling the agency to rapidly spot trends and share information with network defenders.
“CISA plays a critical role in enabling cyber risk reduction, strengthening critical infrastructure resilience, and reducing attack surface exposure in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks,” said Accenture Federal Services Managing Director, CISA Client Account Lead, Paloma Prutsok. “Our team is honored to work with CISA on this mission-critical program. We look forward to using our global expertise to bring the transformative analytic products and solutions needed to execute the VM vision.”
The length of the CISA CSD VM Insights contract is a one-year base with four option years.
Last year, Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector expanded their strategic alliance and launched a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (COE). The COE introduces Mandiant’s threat intelligence into Accenture Federal Services’ cyber solutions.
In 2021, Accenture Federal Services was awarded a $112 million prime task order from CISA to protect Federal Civilian Executive Branch systems against cyberattacks.
Accenture Federal Services is a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
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