Former Accenture employee charged by DoJ for cloud security fraud

• A former Accenture employee has been charged by the DoJ
• The employee is accused of misrepresenting security frameworks to gain and maintain government contracts
• Accenture didn't comply with FedRamp, but agencies were led to believe it did

The US Justice Department has confirmed a former product manager at Accenture, Hilmer, has been charged after allegedly lying to government customers about security measures within cloud products.

According to the DoJ, the Accenture cloud platform did not meet the requirements for security controls - but the defendant lied to potential customers to conceal security issues, and instructed others to follow suit.

Specifically, Accenture didn’t comply with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) - the framework used by federal agencies to ensure continuous assessment, authorization, and monitoring of cloud products and services.