Rugby Football League
Developing IT systems needed solutions for email archiving and security.
The Rugby Football League has used Mimecast email security and archiving for many years, and has a long-term relationship with Total as its IT partner. Mimecast keeps the RFL’s staff secure, and makes management quick and efficient for the two-person IT team.
At a Glance
The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the national governing body for Rugby League in England, administering competitions such as the Challenge Cup and Women’s Super League, national Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair national teams through the England Performance Unit, and the wider community game. Its IT team also provides help and support to Rugby League’s charity RL Cares, European and international federations, and the Rugby League World Cup 2021.
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Challenge
The Rugby Football League has used Mimecast email security and archiving for many years, and has a long-term relationship with Total as its IT partner. Mimecast keeps the RFL’s staff secure, and makes management quick and efficient for the two-person IT team.
Solution
The RFL has been using Mimecast for email archiving for over a decade, and now uses Mimecast M2A, which provides integrated security, email continuity and archiving. This extends conventional security to provide comprehensive protection against email threats, including rogue attachments and phishing. The RFL also uses Mimecast DMARC Analyzer, which detects and blocks email attacks using spoofed domains.
Outcome
As well as keeping the RFL’s users secure, one of the main benefits of Mimecast is the time it saves for Matthew Dews, Head of Technology, and his IT colleague. He appreciates how efficient it is to use Mimecast’s reporting features, which shows which of his users have clicked on a bad URL in an email, and therefore need help.
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Matthew Dews
Head of Technology,
Rugby Football League
The RFL has been working with Total for around six years. As well as managing the Mimecast relationship, Total assists the RFL with other IT infrastructure requirements.
The relationship with Total is really good overall, and they’re always willing to help us. We also find they’re competitive on price, every time. We may have last-minute requests sometimes, but Total always gets the quote to us and deliver what we need.
They are transparent and open, and will hold their hands up if something’s gone wrong, which I like in a relationship. Total work well with Mimecast, and help us to get information and advice from them.
Going forward, I think this is the new normal and our organisation will continue to have more emphasis on home-working long-term. As people are using their own internet, it’s harder for us to keep them secure, and we will put more emphasis on endpoint security – with Mimecast a key part of that. Together, Total and Mimecast make it really easy for us to secure and manage all our email communications.