Accenture and SandboxAQ, a B2B company, are expanding their partnership to address the critical need for enterprise data encryption that can defend against current data breaches and future AI and quantum threats.
The joint offering will also provide observability across environments to help increase enterprise resilience and lower the impact of third-party risks.
According to Accenture research, more than half (52%) of CEOs consider the accelerated pace of technology innovation a top risk for cyberattacks, with 86% rating cyber trust and resilience in emerging technologies like generative AI and quantum computing as highly relevant for their organizations.
The research reminds us that strong encryption is essential for protecting systems and data from cyber threats. Accenture is launching a new Encryption Risk Assessment service, combined with SandboxAQ’s AQtive Guard, to help clients identify and address potential risks caused by weak encryption. This service offers in-depth visibility into encryption-related risks across networks, file systems, and cloud applications, aiming to prevent any impact on critical data.
“The prevalence of generative AI, as well as expected new global post-quantum encryption standards, makes data protection absolutely critical to safeguarding confidential business information and data used to train AI foundational models or used in AI applications,” said Paolo Dal Cin, global lead of Accenture Security.
“The reality is that malicious actors are stealing sensitive data now, with the intention of decrypting it later using quantum computers that can break many current encryption methods. Our assessment service enables clients to see potential risks to their data and upgrade encryption to increase protection against ransomware, data theft, and manipulation campaigns and to prepare for future risks from quantum computing. Companies that assess their data encryption level now will be more protected against current attacks and better prepared to mitigate future risks, said Paolo.
“Our continued collaboration with Accenture will help our largest global 1000 clients defend themselves against advanced AI-driven cybersecurity attacks, protecting their most sensitive data today and tomorrow,” said Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ.
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