Peter Burns: Ledger

Stories naming Peter Burns. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
Boss	Accenture	Startup Daily, ARN (ARNnet)

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Accenture set to acquire sovereign cybersecurity scaleup CyberCX is $1 billion deal

Accenture plans to buy Melbourne cybersecurity firm CyberCX, a transaction reported at over a billion dollars that still needs foreign investment approval. CyberCX was co-founded by John Paitaridis and Alastair MacGibbon.

Startup Daily 18 Aug 2025 Accenture BGH Capital CrowdStrike CyberCX Foreign Investment Review Board Microsoft Optus Business Palo Alto Networks Alastair MacGibbon John Paitaridis Peter Burns

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Accenture to buy A/NZ cyber security firm CyberCX

Accenture is buying CyberCX, a Melbourne-founded cyber security services provider with some 1400 staff, in its biggest such deal yet; the price is reported at more than $1 billion, pending regulatory approvals.

ARN (ARNnet) 15 Aug 2025 Accenture CrowdStrike CyberCX Microsoft Palo Alto Networks Shearwater John Paitaridis Paolo Dal Cin Peter Burns

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Accenture set to acquire sovereign cybersecurity scaleup CyberCX is $1 billion deal

Accenture to buy A/NZ cyber security firm CyberCX