Accenture

Company acquired: iDefense Security Intelligence Services

Head count: undisclosed

Annual revenue: undisclosed

Purchase price: undisclosed

Date of announcement: Feb. 9

Accenture also acquired iDefense Security Intelligence Services, bolstering the company's security group with improved cyber intelligence resources.

According to the Chicago-based consultancy, No. 2 on the CRN SP500 list, the addition of iDefense will help it protect clients by closing vulnerabilities, and protecting against malicious code and global threats with its targeted threat intelligence technology that Accenture plans to embed into services it manages for clients' security operations.

iDefense's capabilities will become an integral component of Accenture's adversary simulation services, according to the company, and iDefense's technology will be added to Accenture's threat hunting and incident response services.