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Forescout and Accenture
Accelerate OT Security Maturity to Help Reduce Risk andIncrease Operational Resiliency

Ransomware attacks can shut down your critical infrastructure,business operations and entire organization for 2+ weeks.
What impact would this have on your business?
From the pneumatic systems of the early 20th Century to today’s ongoing
convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology‘‘‘‘

By 2025, 75% of OT(OT) networks, much of the world’s critical infrastructure becomes moresecurity solutions will bevulnerable to cyberattacks and shutdowns with every passing day. Forinteroperable with IT

companies in manufacturing, healthcare, energy, utilities, defense and othereconomic sectors that depend on industrial control systems, an attack fromsecurity solutions anda criminal enterprise, a rogue nation-state or a single careless or maliciousdelivered via multifunction

employee can put lives and livelihoods at risk.

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Transform OT Cybersecurity with an
Innovative Approach

G A RT N E R

Conventional cybersecurity technologies and methodologies usually protect
against known threats or rely on endpoint agents that can impact processcontrol applications. Knowing all threats in advance or hosting agents on all
devices is just not possible, particularly in OT environments. Breaches areIn 2019, 56% of utility

a matter of when, not if. Advanced, proactive security measures are needed

companies reported thatto secure these environments. At a minimum, organizations must gain

they suffered one or more

visibility of their networks to identify devices with vulnerabilities and detect
anomalous activities in real time. Approaches for increasing information
sharing across systems are important, too, as well as implementingsolutions that can make workflows more efficient when it comes to threat
mitigation and remediation. OT security sensors must also provide dynamicand contextually aware data in a manner that does not disrupt criticaloperations.

shutdowns or losses ofoperational data per year.2

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To effectively help reduce risk, cybersecurity solutions should be able to:

ABOUT ACCENTURE SECURITY• Accurately and continuously discover, inventory, assess and refine assetrisk profiles for all connected devices across IT and OT networks without
dependency on endpoint agents• Immediately capture, prioritize and respond to device vulnerabilities,
configuration changes and anomalous behavior associated with known
and unknown threats• Integrate security systems and enable automation and orchestration
using context-aware workflows to close security gaps, enforce
compliance and increase operational resiliency• Dynamically control network access and enforce segmentation tominimize attack surfaces

Why Forescout and Accenture?
Global Experience, Advanced Capabilities
and Continuous Innovation
Forescout provides the technological cybersecurity foundation that enables
organizations to achieve the critical risk reduction capabilities listedabove. Forescout actively defends the Enterprise of Things at scale bycontinuously identifying, segmenting and enforcing compliance of every
connected device across OT and IT networks. Forescout also provides
comprehensive OT asset insight, threat and anomaly detection and othervaluable intelligence to reduce operational and security risks.
Accenture is collaborating with Forescout to deliver effective and efficient
cybersecurity solutions based on a solid, scalable foundation. With a global
team of more than 8,500 skilled security professionals, 20-plus years ofexperience, more than 350 patents, and worldwide managed security
services capabilities, Accenture is the go-to provider for leading-edge
cybersecurity program implementation and sustainment. Accenture offers
one of the largest global security teams, a leading digital technology andsecurity ecosystem and Cyber Fusion Centers to develop and demonstratesolutions with unmatched expertise in cloud and digital transformation.
Accenture’s exceptional OT security and Forescout-certified professionals,
methodologies and accelerators, coupled with ongoing Forescout
collaboration activities, make for an industry-leading combination.

Accenture is a leading provider of endto-end cybersecurity services, including
advanced cyber defense, applied
cybersecurity solutions and managed
security operations. We bring security
innovation, coupled with global scale
and a worldwide delivery capability
through our network of Advanced
Technology and Intelligent Operations
centers. Helped by our team of highly
skilled professionals, we enable clientsto innovate safely, build cyber resilienceand grow with confidence. Follow us@Accenture on Twitter or visit
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Together, we help organizations rapidly achieve optimal levels of OT security capability maturity that proactively
defend against and remediate cyberthreats, close security gaps, streamline compliance, and increase operational
efficiency and uptime for critical operations.

Accenture OT Security Engagements – Start Anywhere in Your
Program Implementation
Engagement

Description

Client Outcome Examples

CISO Academy
OT Workshop

Workshop for next gen CISOs and OT
domain Group Leaders responsible for OT
security at the start of their role to develop
their 100-day plan and personal brand tolead to differentiated outcomes.

CISO at an Oil & Gas client participatedin an interactive workshop to identify
organizational strategies, security
capabilities, maturity levels & gaps that
affect OT operations to identify key
relationships and capabilities to build.

OT Security
Assessments

Ranging from technology comparisonsto performing on-site technical discovery
for determining security control gaps andvulnerabilities, as well as quantifying risk
impacts to prioritize remediation.

Chemical client was provided with a global
dashboard of OT cyber risks and security
control gaps across dozens of global
manufacturing plants, in addition to a goforward strategy to help reduce risks.

Deploy Programs

Remediation projects targeting identified
OT security risks and vulnerabilities using
prioritized quick wins and OT security risk
reduction accelerators, playbooks andrunbooks across a set of pilot sites.

Pharmaceutical client was provided withplaybooks and runbook to more effectively
implement use cases for their OT security
operations team to detect and respond toalerts and incidents.

Scale Programs

Increase the scale and velocity ofremediation projects and systems
integration across numerous sites withknowledge transfer to client staff.

Electric utility was provided with technicaland operational methodologies andapproaches to deploy a stack of OT
security technologies across hundreds oftransmission and distribution sites.

Mature Programs

Ongoing OT SOC integrations andorchestration, threat hunting, incident
response, governance and operations
leveraging Managed Security Services.

Transportation client was provided with amanagement and technical approach for
how to implement and execute OT security
orchestration and threat hunting in theirsecurity operations center.

Accenture designs, integrates and operates security operations centers (SOCs) and provides advanced OT security
threat hunting and incident response services. Our experience performing numerous global OT security technology
deployments helps us inform and guide organizations in defining, deploying and sustaining effective OT security
programs. In collaboration with Forescout, Accenture accelerates and optimizes the process of managing andcontinually mitigating OT security business risks while increasing operational resilience.
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Development Experience

Successful OT
Security Program
Implementation &Sustainment

Business Risk

Enterprise Scale Security
Technology Foundation

Transformation Acceleration
Operational Resilience

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Forescout is the leader in Enterpriseof Things security, offering a holistic
platform that continuously identifies,segments and enforces complianceof every connected thing across any
heterogeneous network. The Forescout
platform is the most widely deployed,
scalable, enterprise-class solution
for agentless device visibility andcontrol. It deploys quickly on yourexisting infrastructure – without
requiring agents, upgrades or 802.1X
authentication. Fortune 1000 companies
and government organizations trust
Forescout to reduce the risk of businessdisruption from security incidents or
breaches, ensure and demonstratesecurity compliance and increase
security operations productivity.

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