Four-time J.League Japanese professional football
title winners Yokohama
F. Marinos use Acronis Backup, Storage, File Sync and Share
solutions for robust Cyber Protection
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, 27 April 2020 - Acronis, a global leader in cyber
protection, today announced a global technology partnership
with Yokohama F. Marinos. As part of the partnership, Acronis will
provide cyber protection to the Club to help them stay #CyberFit and
ready to take on the technology challenges of 2020 and beyond.
In topflight football, teams rely on data to review their own
performance and analyze the opposition. As is the case with many of
the sports partners that Acronis partners with, developing a
winning game plan involves meticulous analysis of many key
elements, including passes, touches, set piece goals, player heat
maps, and much more - which are studied before, during and after
every match in order to get that vital competitor edge over the
opposition.
Partnering with Acronis, the reigning J-League title champions
will be able to access innovative cyber protection technology,
significantly optimizing their workload management tasks.
Technology, data in particular, is increasingly important to
teams in this ever-developing digital age. So much so, that during
the days leading up to important matches, data is available through
iPads in the Yokohama F. Marinoslocker room so that players can
review historical data with their coaches and make last-minute
adjustments to the playbook. It is also vital for the team to
analyse data in their post-match analysis.
However, in 2020, the situation has changed. COVID-19
has placed sports on hold on a global basis, with games postponed
as countries implement lockdowns and social distancing policies to
flatten the curve, keeping citizens, players and fans as safe as
possible.
Sports teams worldwide have gone into hibernation, but cyber
criminals haven't. They are escalating their activities with
ransomware, spear phishing, and other advanced attacks, making the
cyber protection of data and systems and being #CyberFit more
important than ever.
With Acronis, Yokohama F. Marinos' data, applications, and
systems will be fully protected. Acronis' technology and solutions
are designed around a principle known as the Five Vectors of Cyber
Protection, namely Safety, Accessibility, Privacy, Authenticity,
and Security (SAPAS).
The latest Acronis Cyber Protect solution takes care of security
patch management, backup, and ransomware protection, immediately
providing multiple layers of defense, covering all five vectors of
cyber protection. It integrates backup, disaster recovery, AI-based
malware protection, remote assistance security, patching, secure
file sync and share, vulnerability assessment, and URL filtering
into a single solution. It automates the response to emerging
threats, significantly increasing effectiveness of cyber
protection. This synergy offers prevention, detection, response,
recovery, and forensic capabilities in an easy, efficient, and
secure way.
"Acronis' technology is perfectly suited for a high-pressure,
digitally intensive environment with a proven, integrated approach
that delivers easy, efficient, reliable and secure cyber protection
for all data, apps and systems. Acronis cyber protection technology
will help Yokohama F. Marinos to stay #CyberFit by protecting their
valuable workloads and ensuring reliability of IT. We are confident
this partnership will benefit Yokohama F. Marinos, Acronis, and all our partners
and customers," said Acronis Founder and CEO, Serg Bell.
Ryoji Kurosawa, President of Yokohama F. Marinos, said: "It is my honor to
announce this new partnership with Acronis, a leading brand in the
world of cyber protection. On behalf of the club organization, I
would like to thank them for joining the F. Marinos family and it
is such an encouraging news for us in this difficult time. At
Yokohama F. Marinos, we manage huge volumes of data from our
players, fans and matches, and through to club administration and
more.Acronis' expertise is an invaluable addition to enhancing our
data storage, backup & file sync and share requirements. As digital
communication is currently an important key for us to maintain and
drive club operation during this COVID-19 outbreak, I look forward
to working with Acronis and I believe their latest technologies
will enable us to be#CyberFit."
To find out more about Acronis sports partnerships, please visit
https://acronis.sport
About Yokohama F. Marinos
With its tradition and history, Yokohama F. Marinos asserts a
distinct presence as one of the best major clubs in the J.League.
The name MARINOS,means"sailors" in Spanish.
The emblem is an overlay of crossing the seven seas to conquer
the world, and the image of our hometown, the International port of
Yokohama. We arethe J.League "ORIGINAL10" founding clubs and we
have been gihting in the top flight ever since. In 2019 season, the
club sailed to glory and celebrated fourth J.League championship.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.