Accenture Helps Organizations Strengthen Cloud Security with Google Cloud

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 11, 2026--

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to help organizations stay ahead of escalating AI-driven cyber threats, from hyper-personalized social engineering to autonomous malware. The collaboration helps better deliver unified, intelligence-led cyber defense by combining the Google Security Operations platform and Accenture’s global cybersecurity services.

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As cybercriminals weaponize advanced AI tools to bypass traditional defenses, the blind spots in fragmented multi-cloud environments have shifted from a technical challenge to a critical business liability. This collaboration provides the connective tissue between the human expertise and cloud-native technology required to move from reactive cyber defense to proactive business resilience.

“Agentic AI isn’t just reshaping cyber defense strategies, it’s redefining how we secure operations, introducing new levels of complexity for organizations protecting their businesses,” said Rex Thexton, chief technology officer at Accenture Cybersecurity. “Combining the collective strengths of Google Cloud and Wiz with Accenture’s cybersecurity expertise, we are uniquely positioned to help organizations eliminate security blind spots and efficiently secure their cloud-powered digital core against the next generation of automated threats.”

By deploying the Google Security Operations platform with the Accenture Cybersecurity AI Migration Factory, organizations can also accelerate SIEM transitions, reducing migration efforts while improving threat detection. These combined capabilities strengthen protections across development, deployment and runtime, helping to ensure a seamless, unified and governed cybersecurity posture for the enterprise.

Internally, Accenture’s Information Security team is also deploying Wiz across its global cloud footprint to identify and resolve risks faster, reinforcing its commitment to best-in-class cloud security and responsible AI adoption. As a long-time partner of both Wiz and Google Cloud, Accenture will be a key partner to customers as they continue to integrate their security stacks across both platforms.

“Our partnership with Accenture further strengthens our ability to deliver cloud security offerings and provide customers with a comprehensive solution,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem at Google Cloud. “Together, we’re bringing the best in technology and services to help organizations of all sizes protect themselves from cyber threats.”

Andy Ritchie, VP Worldwide Channels and Alliances at Wiz said, “Wiz helps customers protect everything they build and run, giving teams the visibility and context they need to adopt new technologies and move faster with confidence. We’re excited to work with Accenture to help more customers innovate at the speed of their business while staying secure at every stage of their cloud journey.”

Recently, Accenture was recognized as the highest Leader on the Everest Group Cloud Security Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 out of 18 service providers.

For the third consecutive year, Accenture has been named Google Cloud Global Services Partner of the Year and won the Google Cloud Partner global award for Artificial Intelligence – Innovation and Solutions in 2025, reinforcing Accenture's work in helping clients modernize and innovate securely through Google Cloud.

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Accenture today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to help organizations stay ahead of escalating AI-driven cyber threats, from hyper-personalized social engineering to autonomous malware.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A bill to reserve a third of seats for women lawmakers failed to pass in the lower house of India's Parliament on Friday, along with a separate, linked proposal to expand the national legislature by redrawing voting boundaries.

The measure was seen as one of the most significant changes to India’s political system since independence from British colonial rule in 1947, but fell short after two days of debate involving both government and opposition lawmakers. It sought to mandate implementation of 33% representation for women in Parliament and state legislatures, a move aimed at increasing female participation in a system where women remain underrepresented.

However, the quota was tied to a contentious plan to redraw voting boundaries across India, which became a major sticking point. While there was broad cross-party support for increasing women’s representation, opposition parties warned that redrawing voting boundaries and expanding the size of Parliament could shift the political balance in favor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Both bills were introduced by Modi’s government during a three-day special session of Parliament that began Thursday and required approval by two-thirds of lawmakers. The legislation tied to the women’s quota fell short of that threshold, and the government later withdrew the delimitation proposal.

The delimitation exercise, if passed, would have increased the number of seats in the lower house from 543 to about 850 by ​the time of the ⁠next parliamentary elections due in 2029.

Major opposition groups had resisted the bill, warning that basing constituencies on population data taken from the 2011 census could shift political power toward faster-growing northern states while reducing the representation, seat share, and influence of southern regions. They also argued the changes could benefit Modi’s party, which enjoys strong support in the north.

The government rejected these concerns, saying the plan would include a uniform 50% increase in seats across all states to preserve proportional representation nationwide. However, critics noted that the draft legislation did not explicitly guarantee this.

Hours before the bills were set to be taken up for a vote, Modi said on X that the government had addressed all concerns and “misconceptions surrounding the legislation with facts and logic.”

But opposition leaders remained unconvinced. Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party described the move as “an attempt to change the electoral map of India.”

A security officer takes photograph of Indian women lawmakers as they pose outside Parliament House before the start of the debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo)