Justin Harvey Joins Accenture Security

Accenture has announced that veteran cybersecurity expert Justin Harvey has joined the company as managing director and global lead for the Incident Response Practice. 

Harvey brings more than 20 years of experience to Accenture and specializes in endpoint detection and response, defense against cyberespionage, security operations, incident response and threat intelligence. 

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. 

Kelly Bissell, managing director, Accenture Security said, "Justin has a wealth of experience and cyber crisis management expertise in helping organizations in the commercial, government and defense sectors manage large-scale incident responses. As a proven industry leader, he will help our clients prepare for and tackle this very important security challenge, and I am delighted to have him on board.”

"My passion is working directly with clients around the globe to build cyber defense capabilities that focus on the detection, response and resolution of targeted threats,” said Justin Harvey. 

Harvey brings in-depth technical knowledge of targeted threats by cybercriminal adversaries as well as their tactics, techniques and procedures. He comes to Accenture from Fidelis Cybersecurity where he served as the chief security officer. Previously, Harvey spent more than twenty years at leading advanced teams including FireEye, Mandiant and rcSight/HP developing strategies and solutions in information technology and security.