Published on January 6th, 2023 📆 | 6380 Views ⚑
0Accenture Security and Palo Alto Networks partner to secure cloud cybersecurity gaps
As digital threats continue to multiply in both number and severity, cybersecurity has been a growing concern for IT leaders globally.
Cybersecurity consultant group Accenture Security has been named Palo Alto Network Inc.ās Government Systems Integrator of the Year for four years, embracing zero-trust network infrastructures as the pandemic shakes up the remote workforce and cybersecurity.
āWeāve seen a lot of growth, and weāre excited about the opportunity thatāsĀ ahead of us and the meaningful outcomes that weāve been providing our clients as it relates to vendor consolidation, toll consolidation and tech debt reduction,ā said Rex Thexton (pictured),Ā senior managing director at Accenture PLC. āThereās a lot of opportunity here to simplify our clientsā lives with them.ā
Thexton spoke with theCUBE industry analystsĀ Lisa Martin and Dave Vellante at Ignite ā22, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Mediaās livestreaming studio. They discussed the consequences faced when moving to digital security, what executives are looking for to secure their data, multicloud solution security and more. (* Disclosure below.)
A secure cloud is an innovative cloud
Chief information security officers are voicing the need to leverage true automation and orchestration, breaking the headcount model, according to Thexton. With the lack of cybersecurity talent in the market, Accenture partnered with Palo Alto Networks to help drive innovation to assist with filling in the skill gaps.
āOur clients need scale.Ā They need to be able to go fastĀ and at pace, and they need toĀ do it with confidence securely,ā Thexton stated. āAnd thatās one of the big focuses.ā
The conversation concluded with the pair discussing whatās next for the partnership between Palo Alto Networks and Accenture. Secure access service edge, an emerging network architecture providing cloud security tools as-a-service, is the big focus for now.
āWhat we learned out ofĀ these last few yearsĀ is that these concepts work, but they can actually scaleĀ out to drive significant cost savings,ā Thexton said.Ā āAt Accenture,Ā we donāt have a network backbone anymore.Ā Weāre pure cloud wide area networking, andĀ weāre leveraging the internet for that.Ā I think that what weāre trying to doĀ with Palo Alto and driving cloud WAN and SASEĀ as a service will be super meaningful.ā
Hereās the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLEās and theCUBEās coverage of Ignite ā22:
(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Ignite ā22. Neither Palo Alto Networks Inc., the sponsor for theCUBEās event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)
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