Friday, 27 May 2016

PricewaterhouseCoopers sprouts national cybersecurity division in San Antonio

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which re-established a physical presence in San Antonio last year with a new office, is digging deeper into the local market to plant a new set of roots in cybersecurity.

PwC, which opened its office at U.S. Highway 281 and Jones Maltsberger Road in 2015, chose San Antonio for its national cybersecurity headquarters.

PwC, one of the so-called big four accounting companies, confirmed to the San Antonio Business Journal that it doesn’t just want to be a global accounting practice, but a trusted adviser. And it sees cybersecurity as opportunity to foster such expertise-based relationships.

“We all know that the hackers are turning our businesses into a battlefield,” saidSusan Hough, director and client relationship executive with PwC.

As part of an effort to establish its cyber credentials, PwC hosted an interactive video game for clients Thursday afternoon at Hotel Emma, where it enabled C-level executives to go through a real-time, simulated cyberattack on both the offensive and defensive sides of the scenario. The goal was to generate the heart-pumping experience that executives may feel in the board room when a cyberattack strikes a business. For the full article click here 



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