Deloitte expands services down under
Date: 18-03-2008
Source: Asia Pulse International
Professional services and consultancy firm Deloitte says it will expand its security and privacy services through a merger with consultancy firm b-sec Consulting.
The b-sec Consulting team of 20 comprises consultants and engineers in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and will join Deloitte's existing national security practice of 38 professionals. "Government organisations and global companies, particularly in financial services, require security providers of sufficient scale and capability to meet the increasing threats from fraud and organised crime," Deloitte head of risk services Ron Loborec said.
"Managing security, especially given the strong uptake of web-based applications that share data amongst communities, is a huge challenge which requires end-to-end solutions if data leakage is to be prevented and the massive costs of security lapses are to be avoided.
"This will only increase if potential compulsory breach notification is introduced into Australia in line with the Privacy Commissioners recent calls."
b-sec Consulting founder and managing director Oliver Binz said the seven-year-old boutique IT consulting and risk management firm decided to join forces with Deloitte to offer clients the benefits of increased scale and access to global resources. "Merging with Deloitte gives us unmatched capability and resources to help our clients protect their business as well as the best opportunities for innovation and growth for our people," Mr Binz said.
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