Accenture InfoSec Beat

This episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast focuses on the cybersecurity ecosystem. Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt talks with Rex Thexton, the chief technology officer for Accenture Cybersecurity. In his role, Rex oversees Accenture's relationships with cybersecurity vendors. Hear his in-the-trenches perspective on big trends in the space including consolidation, AI as a forcing function and tool fati...

This episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast focuses on careers in information security. Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt talks with Dan Cosceari, the delivery lead for the Accenture Client Data Protection program, which helps internal teams treat client data properly and manage information security risk. Dan sees client data protection through customers' eyes. This customer-first mindset started in his...

A critical issue is emerging as organizations embed AI agents into workflows: securing agentic AI requires a very different approach to security. In this episode, Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt breaks down what's at stake with Daniel Kendzior who leads Security AI Reinvention for Accenture Cybersecurity and Wei Liu who leads Cyber Strategy, Risk, and Innovation for Accenture Information Security. D...

This episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast focuses on careers in information security. Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt talks with Renée Fletcher, a program manager in Accenture Information Security. Renée is at a turning point in her career, moving from Governance, Risk and Compliance to a new strategic programs role as the Cyberstrategy, Geopolitical and Regulatory lead. Having been on the frontlines...

As CISO of Avanade—a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft—Bob Bruns is in a unique position. He has firsthand insight into Microsoft's security roadmap from both implementation and innovation perspectives. In this episode, Bob shares his thinking on key security topics with Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt. Listen to a CISO-to-CISO discussion about the Microsoft security ecosystem, the power...

Why are zero-day exploits becoming a bigger threat to enterprises? In this episode, Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt and Ryan Whelan, who leads Cyber Intelligence for Accenture Security, explore what security professionals need to know about zero days. Learn about common threat actors, the hidden zero-day economy, targets, trends, mitigation, and resiliency. While the industrialization of zero-days i...

This episode of the InfoSec Beat podcast focuses on careers in information security. Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt talks with Kyle Friedman, who leads Security Contracting and Request for Proposal Support for our Information Security Client Data Protection team. She ensures that we have the right provisions in our proposal responses and contracts to run engagements in a secure fashion that works f...

Reports of cyber incidents crowd the headlines. How do you separate truth from misinformation? What happens next? Get a behind-the-scenes look at Accenture's cyber incident response playbook. Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt and his guests, Adam Long, global lead of Accenture's Cyber Incident Response Team within Accenture Information Security, and Michael Wolner, managing director for Data Integrity...

Can the way Accenture delivers managed security services be reinvented? Accenture CISO Kris Burkhardt poses this question to guest Rex Thexton, chief technology officer of Accenture Security, who gives a definite yes. Rex shares several exciting opportunities possible in the next 12 to 18 months. Listen to learn more about the prospects of AI-powered automation and intelligence that are poised to...

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...

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 organ...

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,...

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...

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 so...

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 us...

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 infrastru...

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...

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.