Price tag undisclosed but we're guessing it won't have made seller rich
Symantec’s parent Broadcom has offloaded its Cyber Security Services (CSS) operation to Accenture for an undisclosed sum.
The unit flogs and provides global threat monitoring and analysis - among other things - via six security operation centres based in the US, UK, India, Australia, Singapore and Japan.
The services, which also include real-time adversary and threat intelligence and incident response, are delivered by Accenture's proprietary cloud platform.
Some 300 staff are employed by the security services division, and presumably most, if not all, will shuffle off to their new employer in March, when the buy clears. It is currently subject to closing conditions.
Cue the canned statement from Accenture Security's senior MD, Kelly Bissell, who talked about organisations facing an "unprecedented volume of cyber threats that are hi ..
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