OREANDA-NEWS. Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced the launch of its new Cybersecurity Global Service Line. The offer brings together the Group’s established capabilities in cybersecurity including 2,500 Capgemini professionals with proven cybersecurity skills - consultants, auditors, architects, R&D specialists and ethical hackers- its network of five Security Operations Centers (SOCs) across the world and a broad ecosystem of technology partners. With plans for high double digit growth over the next twelve months, this new portfolio of leading-edge security services is designed to allow organizations to embrace digital transformation securely and leverage the power of SMACT technologies – social, mobile, analytics, cloud and internet of things (IOT) – with confidence.

The rapid evolution of cybercrime has made security a top concern for business leaders around the world. Between 2013 and 2014, there was a 120 per cent increase in the number of cyber-attacks globally, while the estimated cost of cybercrime to the average organization increased 10 per cent to US\$7.6m per year. With hackers now having a significantly better understanding of the systems they are targeting, their increased precision represents a serious threat to organizations with potential financial, reputational and safety implications.

Capgemini’s new Cybersecurity Global Service Line addresses the security concerns for IT systems, OT systems, as well as IoT products and systems. A recent study of vendors providing IoT technology conducted by Capgemini Consulting, highlighted that organizations need to be better prepared to address IoT security and privacy threats, with only 33 per cent believing their IoT products are ‘highly resilient’ against future cybersecurity threats, and 70 per cent agreeing that ‘security concerns influence customer purchasing decisions for IoT devices’.

The new Global Service Line will also focus on developing packaged services that can be replicated across countries corresponding to new trends in IT, such as Hadoop security, Software-defined data center security, as well as private and public hybrid cloud security. New security offers are also planned including Application Security Testing as-a-Service and Identity and Access Management as-a-Service, to enable organizations to leverage a cloud-based approach to facilitate the deployment of security solutions.

“We are developing a full portfolio of cybersecurity services to enable organizations to protect themselves against cyberattacks and internal malicious behavior for IT, industrial systems and IoT products,” comments Franck Greverie, Global Head of Cybersecurity at Capgemini Group. "To many executives cybersecurity is a mystery, which is often why it is an afterthought. The increasing number of external interfaces means that enterprise data is more accessible and therefore more prone to attack. Capgemini’s new consolidated offer will enable organizations to embed security at the beginning of their digital transformation journey, covering the cybersecurity spectrum from the infrastructure and endpoints right through to the protection of applications, users and data.”

According to Forrester Research - “The reignition of privacy rights, together with increasing cyberattacks and the ongoing deperimeterization of the digital enterprise, has forced security and risk (S&R) pros to move more and more protections closer to the data itself. It also demonstrates that in the battle to win, serve, and retain customers, data security and privacy have become competitive differentiators and, thus, a top business technology agenda item”.

Capgemini’s cybersecurity portfolio is based on a framework to ensure organizations can take a holistic and pragmatic approach to their cybersecurity. It consolidates Capgemini’s deep expertise as a systems integrator and service provider, along with the Group’s extensive knowledge in the cybersecurity space, gained through numerous client engagements over the last 10 years, examples of which include the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) in the UK, the French Space Agency (CNES), Alstom Transport and Foyer (the largest insurance group in Luxembourg). 

About Capgemini

With more than 140,000 people in over 40 countries, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The Group reported 2013 global revenues of EUR 10.1 billion. Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want.