Eric Welling

Eric Welling brings 30 years of state and federal law enforcement experience to his current position as the North American Lead for the Accenture Security, Cyber Investigation and Forensics Response (CIFR) group. Under his leadership, this team of experienced incident responders work to help prevent and recover from cyber critical incidents, including criminal and advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks, fraud, insider threats and enterprise failures. Prior to joining Accenture, Welling spent nearly 24 years at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), rising from roles as an FBI investigator, instructor and inspector to his final position as the deputy assistant director of the bureau’s Investigative Operations, Cyber Division. His investigative experience also included roles as a U.S. Secret Service agent and police officer.

How to Minimize Cybersecurity Failure? Plan for it

'If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail'

Eric Welling

April 14, 2020

While there’s some debate whether Benjamin Franklin or someone else said it first, the advice remains solid for the modern cyber landscape. Yet, in today’s competitive environment, not only is planning critical — but so, too, is planning for plans to fail.

Digital threats to executives and other high-profile employees are evolving faster than most corporate protection programs. Learn why modern executive protection programs require data-driven, intelligence-led strategies to keep pace with the magnitude of today’s threats.

Learn how modern security teams are evolving from alert-driven workflows to outcome-driven operations and how AI is enabling faster, more confident decisions at every stage of the incident response lifecycle.

Eric Welling

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How to Minimize Cybersecurity Failure? Plan for it

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