Global professional services company Accenture has appointed an Indian-origin cybersecurity expert Anup Ghosh as the Managing Director of Accenture Security.
Technology focused background will be brought by Ghosh in his new role and executive leadership to lead strategic technology investments that aided the company register speedy ontogeny in the managed security services business.
“I am pleased to join Accenture at a time when it is going through an extraordinary period of growth in cybersecurity. I believe the future of cybersecurity operations will move to tech-enabled teams of cybersecurity experts,” Ghosh said.
“Threat actors have become highly skilled at attacking organizations while staying below the radar for prolonged periods of time. Most companies are ill-equipped, understaffed, and overwhelmed with the daily grind of cyber risks and events to know which threats to focus on that can cause business impact,” he said.
He was founder and former Chief Executive Officer at Invincea Inc, 2006, a Virginia based machine learning cybersecurity company that provides malware threat detection, prevention, and pre-breach forensic intelligence, until it was acquired by Sophos in March 2017.
He was a programme manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), prior to founding Invincea. At DARPA he created and managed an extensive portfolio of cybersecurity programs.
According to the statement, Ghosh brings a wealth of cybersecurity experience to Accenture.
“Anup’s expertise in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, and developing high growth businesses will be critical to continue to scale our business in the coming years,” said Kelly Bissell, senior managing director of Accenture security.
Accenture, which is headquartered in Ireland provides a wide reach of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, technology, digital, and operations.
By Sowmya Sangam
