Robert Moritz,  formerly U.S. chairman of PwC and a 31-year company veteran, has succeeded Dennis Nally as chairman of PwC International. PwC said Friday it also appointed 10 new leadership team members who will collaborate with Moritz and senior partners Raymund Chao for China, Kevin Ellis for the U.K., Tim Ryan for the U.S. and Norbert Winkeljohann for Germany. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 1, 2016 — A new PwC survey found that enterprises are increasingly adopting risk-based cybersecurity frameworks and other security guidelines to boost efforts against cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said 91 percent have implemented one or more risk-based frameworks, including that of the National Institute of …

PwC has acquired Scotland-based consulting firm Praxism for an undisclosed sum as the companies seek to help organizations secure data through identity and access management strategies. Colin Slater, digital and cyber partner at PwC’s Scottish arm, said in a statement published  Monday the acquisition is part of a push to expand the company’s presence …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 4, 2016 — PwC and NIIT University collaborated to offer a master’s degree program on cybersecurity that seeks to aid the demand for cybersecurity professionals in the coming years in India, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Economic Times reported Monday these soon-to-be professionals will work to secure …

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has joined the team of companies led by PwC that is bidding for a multibillion dollar contract to build a new electronic health records system for the U.S. military. PwC said Thursday Google becomes the sixth company to join a team that also includes commercial EHR vendors DSS and Medsphere, MedicaSoft and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). …

The U.K. defense ministry has selected three companies to provide defense equipment and support services to the country’s military under the ministry’s 10-year, $261.7 billion armed forces equipment program. Bechtel won a contract on air and fleet support, CH2M Hill on land and joint enabler areas and PwC on human resource services, the ministry said Tuesday. “The …

PwC will lead a consortium comprised of General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit, as well as electronic health system vendors DSS and Medsphere to compete for a contract to build the U.S. Defense Department‘s future electronic health records system. PwC said Friday that the team will offer an open architecture EHR platform to the military …

Scott Hefter, a former management consulting and analytics leader at PwC, has joined The Boston Consulting Group as a partner and managing director at BCG’s Washington-based public sector business. The 25-year advisory services veteran will work with public sector customers to adopt business strategies from the private sector, ” BCG said Thursday. “He …

Partners at Booz & Company have “overwhelmingly” approved the company’s merger with PwC in what the Wall Street Journal reports will be one of the largest M&A deals closed by an accounting firm in the past decade. Booz & Co. said the companies anticipate finalizing the deal in the first …

  Charles Beard, formerly a senior vice president and general manager at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI), has joined the advisory practice of PwC US as a principal. He will focus on providing cybersecurity-related consulting services to clients in his new role, PwC said Wednesday. Beard previously led SAIC’s …