CASE STUDY
R
acing Post is a UK-based market-
leading multimedia sports company,
providing a mixture of premium
data, award-winning editorial content and
expert tipping services. Since starting as
a newspaper in 1986, it has become an
industry leader for horse racing news, cards
and results, providing unrivalled sports
content through various channels.
In recent years, it has invested heavily in its
digital portfolio, developing a number of
innovative products including a mobile app
and a new customer-facing website.
It also operates a growing B2B division, a
thriving publishing arm and has expanded
its digital product range into sports other
than horseracing – such as football, golf
and boxing. In light of the digitalisation
process, Racing Post needed an endpoint
security solution that would futureproof
the organisation.
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It turned to SentinelOne, an autonomous
endpoint protection company, deploying its
next-generation endpoint protection platform
to secure its distributed workforce, platforms
and systems against a growing torrent of
cybersecurity threats, especially ransomware.
The challenge
A growing and progressive organisation with
a strong brand heritage, Racing Post has
evolved from a daily newspaper specialising
in horseracing, into an international digital
content provider, serving both B2C and B2B
customers through multiple platforms, across
a diverse range of sports.
Challenged by the escalating threat
landscape, Racing Post has made significant
investment into reinforcing its security
posture through ISO27001 certification,
people, processes and policies. In doing
so, it realised its legacy antivirus solution
was no longer fit for purpose in protecting
against modern malware and the growing
prevalence of ransomware attacks. With
its staff using solutions across different
operating environments including Windows,
Mac and Linux, it needed a technology that
would seamlessly integrate with different
operating systems.
“As a growing, ambitious and dynamic
business we needed a cybersecurity solution
that would protect us, not obstruct us,” said
Johan Pieterse, Racing Post’s Group Chief
Security Officer.
“It needed to protect the business today
and into the future as we look to deliver
new and innovative digital services to the
market. It needed to be comprehensive but
not complex and create as little overhead as
possible from both a technology and people
perspective, allowing us to fully automate
manual processes.”
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