Management consulting and professional services company Accenture PLC today announced the completion of its acquisition of Arismore SAS, a privately owned identity and access management provider, and the acquisition of iDefense Security Intelligence Services from VeriSign Inc.

Founded in 2002 and based out of Saint-Cloud, France, Arismore delivers enterprise architecture and security solutions to a multitude of client companies across Europe including the French government. Accenture plans to use the acquisition to strengthen the company’s reach in the European region as well as bolster its own identity management services.

Kelly Bissell, managing director of Accenture Security, said the acquisition marks an important milestone for the company: “Bringing Arismore under the Accenture Security umbrella immediately amplifies our long-standing leadership in the digital identity management market throughout Europe.”

As part of its product line, Arismore also developed an Identity-as-a-Service platform, Memority, a cloud identity management system designed for enterprise user governance. The platform is now part of Accenture.

The company also announced the acquisition of iDefense, one of the world’s most prolific cyber threat identification and real-time security analysis businesses. Acquired by Accenture from VeriSign, Internet security key infrastructure provider iDefense collects, curates and analyzes threat intelligence data from across the world, forming a massive database of threat information to pull insights from.

VeriSign originally bought iDefense for $40 million in 2005. The company has since expanded its clients and serves the security needs of companies across a multitude of industries including banking, communications, media and technology.

As part of Accenture’s push into cybersecurity and enterprise information defense, the company launched a dedicated cyber intelligence platform in early 2016. The acquisition of iDefense aligns directly with this service and the company said the acquisition would be used to broaden the platform’s capabilities.

Accenture’s enterprise threat intelligence platform uses machine learning and streaming data analysis to detect anomalies to detect ongoing threats and predict potential threats. This depends heavily on data incoming from companies connected to the platform, but also to historical data about how past attacks and exploits were performed.

With the addition of iDefense’s intelligence network, Accenture will be getting a boost to both its capability to detect ongoing threats but also a vast historical database covering 18 years of iDefense experience. As part of the acquisition, Accenture will be onboarding iDefense’s distinct threat analysis platform, IntelGraph, and its application program interfaces.

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