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We also resemble a hospital in that we are custodians of player health and medical related information .

In addition , we maintain baseball-related systems that contain sensitive and proprietary scouting , player development and analyticsrelated information that is core to how we create a competitive advantage for ourselves on the field .

Our entire cybersecurity programme is built around protecting these three silos of digital assets . Lastly , being a well-known sports franchise makes you an attractive target to cybercriminals so it ’ s therefore critical to have a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy .

When did you implement the Acronis technology and why did you decide to work with this vendor ?

We started implementing Acronis several years ago , initially as a data protection strategy for our baseball scouts around the globe – adding the ability to restore critical data from endpoints at a moment ’ s notice .

While we leverage a very extensive portfolio of cybersecurity tools as a result of our relationship with Major League Baseball , we were lacking a solution to address ransomware concerns as well as a product that we could leverage in other critical cybersecurity areas .

One of the many benefits of Acronis is that you have a single pane of glass to administer multiple cybersecurity capabilities . As a result , it reduces your learning curve for your cyber team and simplifies administration .

What challenges were you looking to address ahead of selecting the Acronis solution ?

We were looking for a more robust data protection tool so that our remote users could survive any incident that might impact productivity . From ransomware , laptop theft , damage , etc . we needed the ability to restore critical data anywhere in the world in a short period of time .

In addition , we were looking for a product that could evolve as our cybersecurity needs continued to evolve . Lastly , we were ideally looking for a product that was relatively easy to install and administer without having to expand our cybersecurity team .

How are you using Acronis technology currently – what phase of the project are you at ?

While we started with Acronis addressing the needs of remote workers , we quickly expanded our scope to provide data protection across the entire organisation . In addition , we began leveraging the Acronis Cyber Protect agent as an additional layer of threat intelligence and endpoint security .

Currently , we are partnering with the Acronis engineering team on other use cases such as replicating our video library of content into the Acronis cloud to provide protection for another key corporate asset .

Did you experience any challenges during implementation ? If so , how were these resolved ?

We experienced very few issues during implementation . While the product overall is very user friendly and administration is straight forward , we had a few questions for Acronis support engineers on specific security needs in the area of single sign-on , handling of data encryption and user isolation of data .

In the limited number of times we had to reach out to the Acronis engineers , we found them to be professional and very willing to address our edge cases .

How do your staff find the technology ?

Our internal operations staff found the implementation straightforward and on-going administration to be a major strength of the product . One of the real advantages of the

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ONE OF THE MANY BENEFITS OF ACRONIS IS THAT YOU HAVE A SINGLE PANE OF GLASS TO ADMINISTER MULTIPLE CYBERSECURITY CAPABILITIES .