Insider Threat Program Manager
Accenture•Arlington, VA
fulltime
General Business and Management
5+ years
Under the supervision of the Global Protection and Security (GP&S) Associate Director of Intelligence, you will lead efforts to identify, investigate, and mitigate potential insider risks to protect Accenture’s assets, data, and reputation.
Key Responsibilities:
Draft analytic assessments addressing key developments with regard to insider threat. Brief these concepts to senior leaders.
Conduct deep open-source research in support of investigations, leveraging a wide variety of datasets. Prepare detailed investigative summaries as appropriate and maintain rigorous case management details.
Develop and refine detection use cases to improve the company’s ability to detect insider risk scenarios. Serve as a subject matter expert on insider threat methodologies and contribute to cross-functional security initiatives and incident response.
Engage stakeholders across Accenture’s security organization as well as in information security, HR, legal, and recruiting to ensure a comprehensive and collaborative insider risk program.
Leverage a network of private and public sector contacts to maintain situational awareness of insider risk trends.
Participate in the development and delivery of insider threat awareness training.
Help identify, evaluate, and implement insider risk-related technology solutions.
Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to legal and privacy requirements.
Job Requirements:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in cybersecurity, computer science, criminal justice, international relations, intelligence studies, or a related field
Familiarity with cyber security, insider threat analysis, law enforcement investigations, and intelligence analysis.
Strong analytic and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify patterns, anomalies, and trends across large datasets.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prevent technical findings to non-technical audiences.
Understanding of insider threat frameworks such as the NITTF Insider Threat Maturity Framework or CISA guidelines preferred.
Experience conducting investigations involving sensitive/confidential material preferred.
Insider threat-related certifications preferred, potentially including Certified Insider Threat Program Manager (CITPM) or Certified Insider Threat Analyst (CITA).
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We anticipate this job posting will be posted on 02/10/2026 and open for at least 5 days.
Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
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