Accenture Security Solutions for Oracle

Too many companies see security as a technology requirement rather than as a lever of high performance. In today’s interconnected, collaborative business world, where value chains include a wide range of business partners and customers, data needs to be accessible like never before—but only to the right people.

Accenture collaborates with Oracle, one of the leading providers of security software, to enable business growth by making field agents more efficient and giving enterprises insight into how their stakeholders think and operate.

Accenture and Oracle are both leading providers of security solutions to a wide range of global clients. Accenture has unparalleled consulting experience in most industries and profound understanding of how technology and business work together. Combine this business acumen with Oracle’s tried-and-trusted security software and you have a formidable team.

• Accenture has a 20-year history with Oracle, and recently became Oracle’s first Diamond partner—Oracle’s newest and highest level of partnership. This significant milestone recognizes Accenture’s depth and breadth of skills across the entire Oracle product suite. To meet this high standard, Accenture was certified in 22 specialization areas, including 5 advanced areas where we have 50 or more certified specialists. Accenture also met many other criteria for customer satisfaction, customer references and go-to-market strategy.
  
  
• Accenture has four Innovation Centers for Oracle on Oracle campuses around the world.
  
  
• Accenture delivery centers in India, the Philippines, Argentina and the United States include teams that specialize in identity and access management solutions.
  
  
• Accenture’s team of Oracle-savvy professionals is almost 50,000 strong.
  
  
• Accenture has unique access to Oracle’s thought leadership, product direction and skills. We also participate in Oracle’s Deputy CTO Programs, which deliver innovative services and solutions to customers using Oracle Security technologies.
  
  
• Accenture’s own Top Gun Program—a select group of experienced Accenture Security professionals—provide accelerated startup guidance. They benefit from specialized training unique to Oracle and Accenture.

Accenture Security Solutions for Oracle focuses on delivering high performance in several key areas of the business:

Business Value of Identity & Access Management

• Sun to Oracle Migration. Accenture has repeatable tools and processes to accelerate customer migrations from Sun to Oracle’s Identity Management 11g platform.
  
  
• Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite. Accenture collaborated with Oracle to create reusable solution assets, including reference deliverables and best practices for the Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite.

Securing the Smart Grid

• Smart Grid with INDE Security. Accenture bundles the Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite into an auditable security infrastructure that is required by NERC CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) to tightly control employee, customer and third-party access to core utility applications such as meter data management, billing and outage management.
  
  
• AMI/Smart Metering Security. Accenture has an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) offering that delivers the SOA and security infrastructure that utilities require to secure, measure, collect and analyze energy usage from advanced devices.

Accenture Security Offering for Industry-Focused Solutions

• Health Care Security. Accenture plans to drive a Health Care Security offering powered by Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite, Oracle Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager, and Oracle SOA Suite to enforce compliance and provide comprehensive data protection.
  
  
• Cyber Security (extension of traditional IT security). Accenture has an offering to protect applications and data connected to the Internet and exposed to attack, including offensive (cyber warfare) as well as defensive and proactive security measures. This is a key priority and focus area for the US federal government, as well as other governments and commercial organizations.

Database Security

• Data Security Assessments. Accenture helps customers identify where their confidential data is located, evaluate the security controls in place to protect confidential data and then create a plan on how to increase data security in areas defined through people, process and technology.
  
  
• Integrate Database Security Products. Accenture has developed an approach to secure data leveraging Oracle Database Security solutions, including Oracle Database Vault, Oracle Label Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security and the new Oracle Database Firewall.

Governance, Risk and Compliance

• Compliance Enforcement and Reporting. With an integrated approach to managing compliance activities, Accenture helps customers reduce costs associated with compliance and reporting.
  
  
• Understand Risk to Your Business. Accenture has an offering to help you gain a clear understanding of risks that may affect your business before they become reality and increase company performance while reducing costs.

Role Based Application Security

• Fine Grain Authorization. Accenture has developed capabilities to centralize security policy management across applications integrating the Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite for user management.
  
  
• Enhanced Security and Compliance. Accenture helps customers manage security from one central place making it easier to enforce security across multiple applications while increasing security by removing security decisions from application logic.