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Accenture adding 1K DC-area cyber jobs, opens Rosslyn Cyber-Fusion center

By Jeff Clabaugh

WASHINGTON — Accenture opened a new flagship Cyber Fusion Center at 1201 Wilson Blvd. in Rosslyn, Virginia, on Wednesday.

It is part of a larger expansion in the D.C.-area that the company said will add 1,000 highly skilled technology jobs to the region by 2020.

The Cyber Fusion Center will focus on helping its clients apply new techniques and tools to defend against data breaches and cyberattacks.

Accenture said the new Cyber Fusion Center brings together threat intelligence services, sophisticated adversary simulations and incident response services.

It will also help Accenture attract and retain top cybersecurity talent.

“The D.C. metropolitan area is home to the largest pool of credentialed cybersecurity talent in the country,” said Accenture’s chief strategy officer Omar Abbosh. “Our Cyber Fusion Center taps into this highly experienced and well-trained workforce to bring together the best of our intelligence-driven security solutions and services under a single roof.”

The new 28,000-square-foot Cyber center is co-located in an existing research and development Accenture Lab in Rosslyn, which is connected to seven other Accenture labs around the world and includes a “war room.”

It is Accenture’s fourth Cyber Fusion Center, with others in Bangalore, India; Prague, Czech Republic and Tel Aviv, Israel.

It also has other innovation hubs in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Detroit and Columbus, Ohio.

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who use the social media platforms. “We are making claims based only on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform in a variety of ways,” said State Solicitor David Kravitz, adding that the state's claim has nothing to do the company's algorithms or failure to moderate content. Meta said Friday that it strongly disagrees with the allegations and is “confident the evidence will show our longstanding commitment to supporting young people.” Its attorney, Mark Mosier, argued in court that the lawsuit “would impose liabilities for performing traditional publishing functions” and that its actions are protected by the First Amendment.
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