SECURITY

Joint offering increases observability and identification of key cyber-risks to enterprise data .

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Together , Accenture and SandboxAQ are helping organisations secure sensitive data and strengthen encryption across their technology portfolios . The joint offering will also provide observability across environments to help increase enterprise resilience and lower impact from third party risks .

More than half ( 52 %) of CEOs consider the accelerated pace of technology innovation a top risk for cyberattacks , with 86 % rating cybertrust and resilience in emerging technologies like Generative AI and Quantum Computing as highly relevant for their organisations , according to research from Accenture .

The research serves as a reminder that strong cryptography management , requiring the latest algorithms to protect systems , processes and data is a foundational pillar to defending against evolving cyberthreats . As part of an ongoing commitment to cryptographic excellence , Accenture is introducing a new Encryption Risk Assessment service , integrated with SandboxAQ ’ s AQtive Guard . The service provides clients with deep visibility into risks caused by weak cryptography before these risks have a chance to impact critical data across networks , file systems and cloud applications .

“ 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 .”

Jack Hidary , CEO , SandboxAQ

The service can identify risks across important areas including the existence of cryptographic assets such as digital certificates or cryptographic keys , and usage of cryptographic algorithms , both symmetric and public key , as well as any other cryptographic constructions such as hash functions , for a comprehensive view of cryptography use throughout the enterprise .

When combined with data security and privacy policies along with governance , risk and compliance guidelines , the assessment delivers prioritised recommendations for remediation action , enabling businesses to act with urgency and agility to protect their overall infrastructure against the most advanced and sophisticated threats , and in their transition to post-quantum technology .

“ Our continued collaboration with Accenture will help our largest global 1,000 clients defend themselves against advanced AIdriven cybersecurity attacks , protecting their most sensitive data today and tomorrow ,” said Jack Hidary , CEO of SandboxAQ .

“ As we help clients discover data that ’ s vulnerable to current and future attacks , there are many benefits from enhancing their cryptography defences . The recent global outage from just one software update highlights the need to increase observability across the enterprise .”

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