The Australian consulting arm of Tokyo-based know-how companies large Fujitsu has entered the native cybersecurity market, launching a brand new follow with a staff of 300 specialists.
Backed by a $300 million funding over three years and a collection of native acquisitions, the brand new Cybersecurity Services division brings collectively specialists in knowledge safety, consulting and forensics to supply a full vary of companies.
Stuart Kilduff, co-founder and CEO of Canberra-based acquisition agency Oobe, has been appointed to go the brand new division, which goals to monetise the native cyber consulting market, at present stated to be price practically $8 billion.
Kilduff stated the corporate’s heritage of innovation and rising ecosystem of strategic alliance companions means it will probably ship quick and efficient knowledge safety options. “Australian and New Zealand organisations may even have entry to a variety of built-in applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence and digital and safety transformation expertise, to deal with their complicated wants.”
As properly as Oobe, which brings its authorities, defence and important infrastructure specialist capabilities, the brand new division may even draw on cyber experience from quite a few different native corporations, together with fellow Canberra-based public sector consultancy MF & Associates, Melbourne knowledge and AI firm Versor and cybersecurity specialists throughout the Strait, InPhySec.
In discussions with the AFR, Beardsell additionally famous that scale issues in relation to important assaults in opposition to giant corporations and authorities companies. With 300 specialists, Fujitsu goals to compete with multi-disciplinary know-how consulting giants resembling Accenture, in addition to specialist sector corporations resembling Cyber CX, which just lately expanded into New Zealand.
Three consulting corporations – Accenture, Fujitsu and Cyber CX – had been final week named Australia’s main cyber consulting corporations for 2024.