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Acronis seals cyberprotection partnership with Fulham FC
cronis , a global and visionary cyberprotection
A company , has announced a three-year partnership with London ’ s oldest professional football club , Fulham FC .
EveryCloud . co . uk will support Acronis as its ‘ Strategic # Cyberfit ’ delivery partner , providing cutting-edge cyberprotection solutions and cloud backup services to the club .
Technology , EveryCloud . co . uk . “ Our proven track record of working with Acronis will enable Fulham FC to further protect its data , systems and infrastructure with the reliability and performance of Acronis ’ products and services . At the end of the day , even the strongest defence needs a backup solution .”
Under the Strategic # Cyberfit delivery partner EveryCloud . co . uk , Acronis will provide Fulham FC with a full suite of cyberprotection solutions .
“ We are very pleased to be working with Acronis and EveryCloud . co . uk , and we look forward to incorporating them into our cloud backup and file security infrastructure ,” said Arturs Banks , Head of IT of Fulham FC . “ Their support and expertise will be invaluable to Fulham FC and the Fulham FC Foundation as we continue to prioritise data and cybersecurity at the club .”
“ EveryCloud . co . uk is delighted to partner with Fulham FC , alongside Acronis , to deliver a complete suite of cyberprotection services ,” added Paul Richards , Director of
Cyber-confidence high in financial sector yet security threats escalate
ver nine-in-10 ( 94 %) financial services companies
O are confident in their cybersecurity posture . However , high confidence is being tempered by an increase in successful cyberattacks against the sector , suggesting that further cybersecurity improvements must be made .
Research from Bridewell has revealed that finance organisations are outperforming their peers across the UK ’ s Critical National Infrastructure ( CNI ) in cybersecurity confidence and maturity . Organisations are taking on average just 13 days to discover a cyberattack , detecting and mitigating security threats much faster than any other CNI sector . In contrast , the transport and aviation industry takes almost two months ( 51 days ) on average to do the same . The finance sector ’ s high-confidence , highperformance security posture reflects the relative maturity of organisations ’ Digital Transformation programmes .
But with cyberattacks rapidly expanding in volume and sophistication , 69 % of finance organisations have experienced an increase in threats during the last 12 months . Furthermore , the industry has seen the second-largest rise amongst all UK CNI ( 81 %) in cyberattacks following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war , suggesting the sector is far from immune to geopolitical cyber-warfare .
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