Accenture: Enabling Cybersecurity Transformation
About Today's Guests Ryan Lasalle - Senior Managing Director, Accenture Security, North-America Lead Ryan leads the North America practice for Accenture Security. He is responsible for nurturing talented teams that bring transformative solutions to better defend and protect our clients. He is also accountable for delivering on our commitment to clients for high-quality, innovative delivery to address their most critical issues. Currently, Ryan is focusing on solutions at the intersection of analytics, knowledge discovery, and cyber security, with the goal of improving threat assessment methodologies and enhancing knowledge of successful responses. His deep experience in security solutions, innovation-led approaches, and market expertise have made him a sought-after security innovator with clients. Over the course of nearly two decades with Accenture, Ryan has worked with clients across commercial, non-profit, and public sector organizations, helping them identify and implement emerging technology solutions to meet their business needs. Ryan is a Ponemon Institute Fellow and is active with the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He sits on security innovation advisory councils for several clients. A seasoned innovator, Ryan holds patents in human resource management, knowledge discovery, security analytics, threat intelligence, and establishing trust between entities online. Ryan is a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Princeton University. Mark Jenkins - GM, Accenture Partnership, Palo Alto Networks Mark Jenkins serves as General Manager of the Palo Alto Networks partnership with Accenture. Mark has over a decade of strategic partnership experience, including leading the Global Systems Integrator businesses for FireEye and Skyhigh Networks, before joining Palo Alto Networks almost six years ago. Mark also has industry experience in his background, with senior IT roles at KPMG and Websense. Mark holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Sheffield Hallam University in England About the Partner Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology, and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com. About Us: Palo Alto Networks A global cybersecurity company, Palo Alto Networks enables your team to prevent successful cyberattacks with an automated approach that delivers consistent security across cloud, network, and mobile devices. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. With steady enhancements to our award-winning NextWave partner program, we are investing in, growing with, and optimizing the build the part
