Adrian Johnson
TLDR:
- Accenture Federal Services wins $789 million contract to support U.S. Navy’s maritime forces cybersecurity.
- Initiative, known as SHARKCAGE project, aims to protect critical defense assets and sensitive data.
Accenture Federal Services, a subsidiary of Accenture, has secured a $789 million contract to enhance the cybersecurity of the U.S. Navy’s maritime forces through the SHARKCAGE project. This collaboration will focus on integrating advanced defensive cyberspace operations analytics to safeguard critical defense assets and sensitive data across global operations, covering networks such as Information Technology-21, ONENet, and the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet.
Key personnel from Accenture Federal Services, including Managing Directors Rick Driggers and Paul Ott, emphasized the importance of network interconnectedness and synthesizing critical cyber event data to provide enhanced attack sensing and warning capabilities. The contract includes a base ordering period of five years with an option to extend for an additional five years, potentially extending the partnership through 2034.
Accenture Federal Services leverages its parent company’s global network to bring cutting-edge commercial innovations to U.S. federal missions, aiming to advance client missions that enhance national strength, security, and public welfare. Accenture, as a leading global professional services company, drives innovation across industries to improve the way the world works and lives, with a workforce of 742,000 employees serving clients in over 120 countries.
This contract signifies a significant step forward in the U.S. Navy’s cybersecurity efforts in an increasingly digital and interconnected world, highlighting the importance of collaboration and advanced technologies in protecting critical defense assets and sensitive data.
