Accenture InfoSec Beat

This episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast focused on careers in information security features a conversation between Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt and Paul Kunas, who led our Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) function for almost 10 years. Paul's career journey involved security roles at Accenture and other companies and ultimately a return to Accenture to formalize GRC for Information Security. The work spanned developing global strategies and building many programs to arrive at one common view of risk today. Activities center on various analyses to secure technology, updating strategies, validating approaches, instilling a common view and vision, and responding to new challenges.

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 layered, in-depth defense and basic technical hygiene.

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.

Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt hosts a conversation with Harpreet Sidhu, Accenture senior managing director and North America Security lead, who talks about the findings of Accenture's "The Cyber-Resilient CEO" report. Listen to learn more about today's cyber challenges, risks, reporting of metrics and practical actions leaders can take to take to embed security throughout their organizations.

This is the latest episode in an ongoing mini-series covering careers in information security, featuring Accenture people from across our Information Security team. In this episode of InfoSec Beat, Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt talks with Paula Wlos, who leads cyber investigations for the Americas and Europe as part of the cyber incident response team. Hear how her interest in analysis, problem solving and love of puzzles led to her career in security forensics and investigations.

Listen to this InfoSec Beat podcast for a conversation about supplier cyber risk management. Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt and David Wright, the lead of supplier cyber risk management (SCRM) for the Information Security organization at Accenture discuss the importance of third-party supplier risk management and explore how Accenture launched its own centralized SCRM function.

In this episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast, Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt is joined by Accenture Security guest Damon McDougald, global digital identity lead for a discussion about going passwordless. Hear how passwordless technologies work and the reasons for moving to this new method of authentication to create a more secure digital future.

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 to protect Accenture.

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 with global IT teams to protect Accenture.