Partnership renewal with Acronis secured

Our commitment to a three year renewal with Acronis underlines how crucial we see cybersecurity to be in an increasingly digital sports landscape – working with their delivery partner TMT, Acronis will support us in making sure your interactions with the club are safe.

The technical bit

Acronis Cyber Protect gives fast and reliable backup and AI-based anti-malware, accessible from a single and intuitive console.

While using a patchwork of five-star solutions for separate aspects of cybersecurity will still leave gaps in a system's defences, Acronis' integrated approach means such gaps are eliminated, giving superior resiliency.

Acronis' solutions are developed based on the Five Vectors of Cyber Protection— Safety, Accessibility, Privacy, Authenticity, and Security (SAPAS). This means Acronis solutions are designed to not only provide the highest level of security possible but also make sure data is easily accessible to anyone with authorised permission and it’s both authentic and tamper-free. While security and accessibility are often considered polarised concepts in data security, Acronis solutions prove you can have the best of both worlds.

Building on its existing partnerships with both Acronis and the club, the solution will be delivered by TMT, one of the UK's leading Managed Service Providers for IT and Communications solutions and services as the Official Acronis Delivery Partner.

What Acronis & TMT had to say

Director of IT, Huw Fielding, comments: “Southampton FC takes cyber protection very seriously. Global organisations like ours often come under fire from cyberattacks targeting our sensitive data which includes information on our thousands and thousands of fans. Protecting the data, we’ve been entrusted with is a major priority for us, and we have the utmost confidence in Acronis' solution delivered by Tailor Made Technologies (TMT) to help us do so.”

“We’re proud to be renewing our partnership with Saints, a household name in professional football. We’re thankful the team shares our vision and passion for cyber protection, and we are excited to work with TMT who’lll deliver our first-class cyber protection solutions to protect the workloads of the club”, added Ronan McCurtin, Vice President of Sales Europe, Turkey and Israel at Acronis

Darren Scott-Healey, CEO at TMT said: “As CEO of TMT and a lifelong Saints fan, I’m thrilled to announce our partnership with Southampton FC as their Acronis CyberFit Partner. We’re excited to work alongside the club to meet their cyber security needs with the most innovative managed solutions. This partnership is a great opportunity for us to leverage our industry-leading expertise, local focus, and technical support to help Saints defend their operations, enhance their performance and push for promotion.”

For more information about Acronis’ #CyberFit Sports Partnerships, visit https://acronis.sport/