SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, 16 September 2021 - Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, and the current Swiss football champion, BSC Young Boys, today announced an Official Cyber Protection Partnership that will be supported by Backup ONE as the Official #CyberFit Delivery Partner.
"Cyber protection is paramount to our performance and business operations," said Wanja Greuel, CEO at BSC Young Boys. "We have complex and diverse needs with numerous business units operating across multiple platforms. As a Swiss club, we are proud to partner with Acronis, who are also based in Switzerland, to safeguard our data from the field to the front office and beyond."
BSC Young Boys joins sports teams around the world who have chosen to partner with Acronis Cyber Protect, an innovative Machine Intelligence (MI) enhanced solution that integrates data protection with cybersecurity, prevents cyberattacks, and helps teams avoid downtime. Acronis combines automation and integration, ensuring the prevention, detection, response, recovery, and analysis needed to safeguard all workloads while streamlining protection efforts. Acronis cyber protection provides the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) services required to protect the modern sport.
"Acronis has had a long-standing presence with protecting major sports clubs around the world, and we're proud to increase our presence in Switzerland," said Ronan McCurtin, VP Europe, Turkey and Israel at Acronis. "Partnering with Backup ONE, we'll support the Young Boys and keep their workloads protected from today's cyber threats. Acronis' innovative cyber protection technologies and services will help the Young Boys stay at the top of their #CyberFit game."
BSC Young Boys is the first Swiss Super League club to partner with Acronis and joins more than 60 global sports clubs, most of which are involved in the Acronis #TeamUp initiative which offers managed service providers (MSP) innovative ways to grow their business with Acronis by tapping into the exciting world of sports marketing. As part of this initiative, this partnership will be supported by Backup ONE, a national provider of technology services, who will enable the delivery of Acronis cyber protection solutions to the Young Boys.
ABOUT BSC YOUNG BOYS
BSC Young Boys, the sports club form Bern, Switzerland, has won the Swiss Championship fifteen times and the Swiss Cup seven times. Since 1925, the home games have been played in the legendary Wankdorf Stadium, which was the venue of the World Cup final between Germany and Hungary in 1954. In 2005, the stadium was replaced by a modern new building, which can accommodate a total of 31,120 spectators.
Most recently, the Young Boys celebrated remarkable successes: four Swiss Championship titles in a row, winner of the Swiss Cup in 2020, qualification for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2018 and 2021.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. Acronis solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Acronis offers the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with its unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.
A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis has 15 offices worldwide and employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Learn more at www.acronis.com.