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Accenture Collaborates with Microsoft to Bring Agentic Security and Business Resilience to the Front Lines of Cyber Defense
NEW YORK, March 19, 2026--Accenture today announced new assets and capabilities for its Adaptive Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR).
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