Accenture taps new global lead of incident response practice

Accenture has appointed Justin Harvey to the position of managing director and global lead for the incident response Practice.

In his new role, Harvey will focus on expanding Accenture’s incident response and breach readiness solutions that address preparedness through threat identification and eradication for Accenture’s global client base.

Accenture said in a release that Harvey brings more than 20 years of experience to the company in areas such as endpoint detection and response, defense against cyberespionage, security operations and incident response.

He joins the company from Fidelis Cybersecurity, where he served as chief security officer. He has also served in roles at FireEye, Mandiant and ArcSight/HP.