Accenture has opened a threat analysis center in San Antonio to tap into the growing demand for security services.

The Accenture center will help federal, state and local government and commercial clients comply with security regulations, protect data and make informed decisions about their information security networks. Accenture will also use the center to assist clients with technology infrastructure, identity management, malmare analysis, cyber forensics, mission resilience, business continuity planning and federal desktop core configuration compliance.

An exact headcount for the new center was not immediately available.

“In this era of elusive and determined cyber adversaries, information technology systems need to be trusted, secure and flexible enough to combat threats in an increasingly hostile environment while maintaining their functional requirements,” says Henry “Bud” Horton, chief technology officer of Accenture’s cyber security practice.

Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. It has more than 176,000 employees worldwide and it ended fiscal year 2009 with revenues of $21.58 billion.

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