Accenture to Acquire CyberCX, Expanding Cyber Security Capabilities in Asia Pacific
Accenture will accelerate business growth and client cyber resilience with CyberCX’s approximately 1,400 skilled cyber security professionals and AI-powered security platforms.
New York and Melbourne; August 15, 2025
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire CyberCX, a leading privately-owned cyber security services provider serving both private and public sector organisations across Australia, New Zealand and internationally. The move represents Accenture’s largest cyber security acquisition to date and will significantly bolster Accenture’s cyber security services in Asia Pacific. It will further expand Accenture’s leading position in the region, enhancing its ability to build business resilience, protect critical infrastructure and drive secure enterprise reinvention amidst an increasingly complex regulatory and threat landscape.
Established in Melbourne, Australia in 2019, CyberCX is one of the largest and most prominent cyber security firms in the Asia Pacific region with a highly skilled workforce of approximately 1,400 professionals. The company’s end-to-end services extend across consulting, transformation and managed security services and include advanced capabilities in offensive security and cyber physical security, crisis management, threat intelligence, managed detection and response, as well as strategic advisory, identity, cloud and network security. CyberCX operates a network of advanced security operations centres across Australia and New Zealand, with additional offices in London and New York, combining deep local insight with international reach.
Additionally, CyberCX brings innovative AI-powered platforms that deliver cyber security services including detection and response, sovereign secure cloud, CyberCX Academy for training and learning as well as proprietary tools for security testing and cyber intelligence.
This strategic move is timely given Accenture’s recent State of Cybersecurity Resilience 2025 report, which found that 97% of Australian organisations are not adequately prepared to secure their AI-driven future, with 80% lacking the critical data and AI cyber security practices needed to protect models, data pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
“CyberCX and Accenture share a mission to harness the power of cyber to help our clients securely navigate change, accelerate business reinvention and build resilience against evolving threats,” said Paolo Dal Cin, global lead, Accenture Cyber security. “By combining Accenture’s agentic AI capabilities with CyberCX’s strong market leadership, innovative offerings and trusted C-suite and government relationships, we will enable clients across Asia Pacific to transform cyber security into a strategic advantage.”
CyberCX has established strong ecosystem partnerships across major cyber security players such as Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike, consistently winning awards as one of the top managed service and system integrators in the region. This success is underpinned by extensive expertise, showcased through over 2,600 certifications.
“Client demand for cyber security services is accelerating as data and digital environments become increasingly connected and heightened threats are exposed across operational value chains, supply chains and the enterprise. The need for responsible governance is also rising as AI and Quantum technologies advance,” said Peter Burns, who leads Accenture’s business in Australia and New Zealand. “CyberCX’s breadth of capabilities, trusted relationships with government and critical infrastructure organisations, and exceptional talent in the region, combined with Accenture’s local and global scale and innovation, will help us meet this ever-increasing client need.”
John Paitaridis, CEO of CyberCX, said, “We are immensely proud of the business we have built, becoming one of the leading providers of cyber security services in the region. Joining Accenture’s global cyber security organisation enables our exceptional people to combine forces with global capabilities and provide world-leading cyber security services to an even greater number of clients across Asia Pacific as we accelerate our growth in the region. Our shared mission for helping clients stay ahead of emerging threats and build resilience makes this a force multiplier.”
The acquisition of CyberCX will be the latest in a series of strategic moves by Accenture to expand its cyber security capabilities and solutions. Since 2015, Accenture has completed 20 security acquisitions, including most recently acquiring Morphus, MNEMO Mexico and Innotec Security.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals.
