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Accenture Cybersecurity Forum

Global knowledge exchange network for executive security leaders and cyber defenders.

About the ACF

The Accenture Cybersecurity Forum (ACF) is a global cross-industry security leadership community for enterprise cybersecurity executives and their deputies. CISOs, CSOs and Board Members convene to create a peer network with breadth and depth.

Global

50+ countries

Cyber peers

300+ organizations

Cross-industry

20+ industries

Membership has its benefits

Members benefit from bi-directional knowledge exchange with security peers around the globe.

  • Member-driven agendas
  • Under the Chatham House Rule
  • Actionable post-session summaries to take back to their teams
  • Neutral facilitation; no selling
  • Networking concierge
  • No dues, no NDAs, no minimum attendance requirements

Recent topics include:

  • Engaging law enforcement globally
  • Learning from supply chain attacks
  • Mitigating shared services provider concentration and cyber risk
  • Addressing the security talent gap
  • Applying best practices in multi-cloud security

“No other forum I have attended in the last 12 months has compared … with my limited time, this is the one I attend as much as possible.”

— CISO, European Financial Services Company

Women in security

The ACF Women’s Council was created to increase the representation, collaboration and advancement of female cyber leaders. With over 130 female security leaders, our quarterly roundtable discussions cover pressing security issues and career advancement themes.

ACF Global Network Members are invited to join and can nominate leaders and emerging security talent to participate. For more information, contact our team directly

Valerie Abend
Senior Managing Director, Global Cyber Strategy Lead
ACF Women’s Council Executive Sponsor

Lisa O’Connor
Managing Director, Accenture Security, Global Cybersecurity R&D Lead
ACF Women’s Council Chair

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Meet our lead

Let’s share what we know to secure what we must.

Kris Burkhardt
Accenture Global CISO, ACF Chair

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