Accenture, Dragos and SANS Institute Launch Foundation to Strengthen Cyber Defenses for Under-Resourced U.S. Utilities

Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture

“Our work with America’s critical infrastructure operators has shown both the gravity of the cyber threats they face and a widening vulnerability gap—between large operators with the resources to invest in cybersecurity and smaller utilities that often lack those means”

Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture

“Together with Dragos and SANS, we will provide under-resourced utilities with the technology, expertise and training they need to better power and protect the communities they serve.”

Robert M. Lee, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, Dragos

“Adversaries are aggressively targeting utilities, attacking the operational environments that provide life-sustaining services to millions of Americans. Yet many small operators lack the capacity to defend against these threats”

Robert M. Lee, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, Dragos

“The Community Cyber Resilience Foundation gives the utilities that need it most access to cybersecurity resources and training at no cost.”

James Lyne, CEO, SANS Institute

“The best security technology in the world won’t protect a utility if its staff are not able to use it. The foundation puts training and skills in the hands of the people protecting the water, power, natural gas, and wastewater treatment systems that communities rely on.”

Ashutosh Kulkarni, CEO, Elastic

“Strong cybersecurity depends on many technologies working together. Elastic is committed to supporting Dragos in delivering its platform at scale, helping make advanced cybersecurity capabilities accessible to utilities that could not otherwise afford them.”