Outgoing FBI cyber official joins Accenture’s incident response team - CyberScoop

Outgoing FBI cyber official joins Accenture’s incident response team - CyberScoop: Eric Welling has left his position as deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division to join consulting giant Accenture, a company spokesperson confirmed. After more than 20 years at the FBI, Welling will lead Accenture Security’s North America Incident Response Command Center. The center is part of a set of “cyber fusion centers” where Accenture provides threat analysis and other security services, a company spokesperson said. Accenture has built up its incident response capabilities, which help organizations recover from breaches, since acquiring FusionX in 2015. “As critical as it is for our nation to build its cyber defenses it is equally as critical for our businesses, across the globe, to become cyber resilient,” Welling said in a statement. “It was a tremendous privilege to work alongside my colleagues at the FBI and I now look forward to working with Accenture Security and its clients to help secure their businesses from even the most …

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