Are organizations in control of updates to their environments? The July 2024 CrowdStrike disruptive update has many asking this question. Patches are essential to security, but this event and others before it have organizations asking how to strike a balance in protecting quickly with the need to be resilient? Join me and Jacky Fox, Accenture Security Global Strategy Lead, as we discuss what organizations can do.

What is a zero-day vulnerability and what can organizations do about them? These two questions kick off an engaging discussion on this type of threat with Accenture Security colleagues Shawn Duffy, Global Lead for Threat Exposure Management, and David Williams, Global Lead of Advanced Threat Services. Discover what they have to say and learn more about strategies, what they see across enterprises, the value of red teaming, the impact of AI, along with a reminder about the importance of...

This episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast mini-series focused on information security careers highlights the journey of Arun Chandrasekaran in conversation with Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt. Listen to how Arun started as a senior network analyst to become infrastructure tools and standards lead today for our Information Security organization’s Technology and Operations, overseeing the security and standards and scanning tools of Accenture’s vast infrastructure estate. 

This is the third in a series of episodes covering infosec-related careers, featuring several Accenture people from across its global infosec team. In this episode of InfoSec Beat, Accenture’s Kris Burkhardt talks with Tanya Drakhlis who leads the Architecture team for Accenture’s internal information security organization. She is responsible for making sure Accenture's infrastructure is secure using the latest in approved security technologies, and working hand-in-hand with global IT teams...

This is the third in a series of episodes covering infosec-related careers, featuring several Accenture people from across its global infosec team. In this episode of InfoSec Beat, Accenture’s Kris Burkhardt talks with Tanya Drakhlis who leads the Architecture team for Accenture’s internal information security organization. She is responsible for making sure Accenture's infrastructure is secure using the latest in approved security technologies, and working hand-in-hand with global IT teams...

This is the second in a series of episodes covering infosec-related careers, featuring several Accenture people from across its global infosec team. In this episode of InfoSec Beat, Accenture’s Kris Burkhardt talks with John Blasi who leads the Tech & Ops team for Accenture’s internal information security organization. John is responsible for making sure Accenture's entire work fleet and infrastructure is secure using the latest in approved security technologies, and working hand-in-hand...

This is the first in a series of episodes that will cover infosec-related careers, featuring several Accenture people from across its global infosec team. In this episode of InfoSec Beat, Accenture’s Kris Burkhardt talks with Urszula Fabiszak who leads the Behavior Change program for Accenture’s internal information security organization. Urszula is responsible for making sure Accenture employees are security-smart through a robust learning and experience program known as the Information...

Kris Burkhardt hosts Nate Stein to discuss Accenture's experience with third party security rating vendors, and what lessons they learned over the last several years as these types of companies hit the security scene

Accenture's Kris Burkhardt talks with Dan Kirner about the Internal IT Organization's principles for information security, compliance, and risk. information security, compliance, information security awareness

Accenture’s Kris Burkhardt talks with Steve Zutovsky, who leads Change and Deployment for our Internal IT Organization, about keeping your home technology networks secure.

Accenture’s Kris Burkhardt talks with Tony Leraris, who leads infrastructure for our Internal IT Organization, about the importance of protecting your environment with up-to-date workstation patching.  

The second of a two part podcast in our InfoSec Beat series, Kris Burkhardt continues his talks with Jason Lewkowicz about managing incident investigations.

The first in a two part series of our InfoSec Beat podcasts, Kris Burkhardt talks with Jason Lewkowicz about managing incident investigations.

In this first episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast series, Kris Burkhardt talks with Matt Lagodzinski about Accenture’s journey to a secure cloud. https://www.accenture.com/us-en/case-studies/technology/elevating-cloud-security