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The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the national governing body for Rugby League in England. It administers competitions such as the Challenge Cup and Women’s Super League, oversees national Men’s, Women’s, and Wheelchair teams through the England Performance Unit, and supports the wider community game. The RFL also provides IT support to Rugby League’s charity RL Cares, European and international federations, and the Rugby League World Cup 2021.

Results

The partnership between the Rugby Football League, the boxxe Group, and Mimecast has significantly enhanced email security and efficiency. Mimecast's integrated security, email continuity, and archiving solutions have protected the RFL's staff from email threats, saving valuable time for the IT team. The reporting features allow quick identification and assistance for users who encounter malicious emails.

Services Delivered

As its IT systems developed, RFL needed to add solutions for email archiving and security. The boxxe Group's solution resulted in significant time savings for their two-person IT team.

Technologies Deployed

Comprehensive email threat protection with Mimecast M2A. Advanced threat detection with Mimecast DMARC Analyzer

Industry Sector

The RFL is the national governing body for Rugby League in England.

Business Driver

As its IT systems developed, it needed to add solutions for email archiving and security.

IT team

Challenge

The RFL required a robust solution for email archiving and security to protect its staff and streamline management for its two-person IT team. With evolving IT systems, the need for advanced email security solutions became paramount.

Plan

The boxxe Group and Mimecast developed a comprehensive plan to enhance the RFL’s email security. This plan included deploying Mimecast M2A for integrated security, email continuity, and archiving, as well as implementing the Mimecast DMARC Analyzer to detect and block email attacks using spoofed domains.

Approach

Our team implemented a thorough email security solution for the RFL, starting with the deployment of Mimecast M2A. This solution provided comprehensive protection against email threats, including rogue attachments and phishing. Additionally, the Mimecast DMARC Analyzer was used to detect and block email attacks. The approach focused on seamless integration and efficient management to support the two-person IT team.

Outcome

The implementation of Mimecast solutions resulted in enhanced email security for the RFL. The efficiency gains allowed the IT team to focus on other critical tasks while maintaining robust protection for all users. The reporting features of Mimecast enabled quick identification and resolution of email security issues.

The RFL has been working with the boxxe Group for around six years. As well as managing the Mimecast relationship, boxxe assists the RFL with other IT infrastructure requirements. The relationship 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 the team always gets the quote to us and delivers 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.

The boxxe Group works well with Mimecast, and helps 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, the boxxe Group and Mimecast make it really easy for us to secure and manage all our email communications.

Matthew Dews
Head of Technology
Rugby Football League

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