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Business/Financial

Accenture To Acquire Federal Business Of Cyber Security Firm Endgame

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

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Accenture To Acquire Federal Business Of Cyber Security Firm Endgame

Accenture Federal Services Chief Executive David Moskovitz. Photo: Accenture

Accenture [ACN] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire the federal government services business of Endgame, Inc., in a small deal that will provide it with cyber security defense services capabilities.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Accenture said the deal is subject to regulatory review.Endgame is selling Accenture a small part of its business that provides cyber red-teaming and hunt-as-a-service capabilities to federal customers. Those customers were not disclosed.Accenture said the acquisition provides it with an additional team…

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