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Accenture, Dragos and SANS Institute Launch Foundation to Strengthen Cyber Defenses for Under-Resourced U.S. Utilities

$ACNPress releaseOct 20, 2026, 1:59 PM ETRead the release

Accenture, Dragos and the SANS Institute launched the Community Cyber Resilience Foundation, committing approximately $10 million in initial funding and services to provide free OT cybersecurity technology, deployment services and training to up to 500 under-resourced U.S. utilities. Elastic is supporting the initiative by providing the primary log storage and query engine within the Dragos Platform, while the announcement was hosted at an Ohio roundtable by American Electric Power subsidiary Ohio Power Company.

Key figures

Deal Value Usd
10000000
Americans served
more than 100 million
Accenture headcount
approximately 814,000
Utilities supported
up to 500 under-resourced utilities
Accenture fy2026 revenue
approximately $74 billion
Eligible utilities threshold
less than $100 million in annual revenue
Utilities below threshold pct
97%
Utilities potentially eligible
more than 50,000

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