Already a subscriber?Japanese multinational Fujitsu has built a 300-strong team of cybersecurity specialists following a string of acquisitions to win a larger slice of Australia’s $7.6 billion cyber consulting market.
Graeme Beardsell, Fujitsu’s APAC boss, says scale matters when protecting large clients from hackers.Graeme Beardsell, chief executive for Fujitsu Asia-Pacific, said the investment included several acquisitions, upskilling its existing workforce, and expanding its partner ecosystem. Reports in the UK say the company is suffering from renewed anger over its conduct related to the scandal after the release of the television dramaThe new digital security consulting and assurance division will compete against the likes of Accenture and IBM, helping large enterprise and government clients prepare and respond to complex cyber threats.
Under the new division, Fujitsu has combined the cyber workforces from its acquisition of Versor, a Melbourne-born data and AI company, and oobe, a Canberra-based Microsoft cloud specialist focused on the public sector, critical infrastructure and defence clients.