Vodafone and Accenture team up to offer SMEs cybersecurity services
May 6, 2021 18:08 EDT with 3 comments
Vodafone has announced a partnership with Accenture to help get small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) set up with better cybersecurity. The announcement comes just two months after Vodafone called on the government to reduce the rate of VAT on cybersecurity products for SMEs down to just 5%.
The two firms have created the Vodafone Managed Security Services portfolio that includes a number of tools to protect and help the recovery of firms affected by cyberattacks, something which has been on the increase since the UK locked down last year. The new portfolio includes Cyber Exposure Diagnostic (CED), Penetration Testing/Vulnerability Assessment, and Phishing Awareness.
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This new service boosts Vodafone’s fight against cyber-attacks on SMEs
Vodafone has partnered up with Accenture to offer SMEs a new portfolio of enterprise-grade cybersecurity services.
The partnership sees the launch of Vodafone Managed Security Services, which is designed to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) detect, react to, and recover from cyber-attacks.
It follows on from the strategic partnership that Vodafone and Accenture struck last year.
It comes at a time when cyber attacks on UK businesses is rife.
According to insurance firm Hiscox at least one small business is successfully attacked every 19 seconds, while over 65,000 hacking attempts are made each day in the UK.