December 23, 2025
Case Studies

Sporting Clube de Portugal relies on MEO Empresas and Acronis to prevent data loss

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Sporting Clube de Portugal, where legends such as Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo once played, is one of Portugal's leading soccer clubs. Faced with growing concerns about data security, the club turned to Acronis and its long-standing partner, MEO Empresas.

THE SOLUTION

Sporting adopted MEO Empresas’ Cloud Security solution, based on the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud platform, which combines backup and recovery features with advanced cybersecurity, endpoint detection and response (EDR) and file sync and share. The single, natively integrated solution allows the club to protect its activity, secure information and assess the risk of a data breach. It also enables early detection of threats and allows for the secure recovery of corrupted data, equipment and systems in the event of a cyberattack.

MEO Empresas manages the club’s platform. Acronis supported the implementation of Cloud Security with specialized technical support.

MAIN CHALLENGES

  • Data security and the threat of cyberattacks.
  • A limited backup solution, with security flaws and a high risk of data loss.
  • Need for multiple levels of backup and data encryption on multiple devices.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

  • A robust solution to ensure information security and encryption.
  • Ability to recover previous versions of virtual machines and other critical data.
  • A technology partner to manage the solution and allow the IT team to focus on other tasks.

THE IMPACT

  • Sporting Clube de Portugal can recover previous versions of virtual machines and perform other previously impossible operations.
  • The club reduced time-consuming IT processes, freeing the team to focus on strategic tasks.
  • The club now feels more secure and confident about data security and encryption.
The role of Acronis in our institution has been essential for us to feel secure and confident regarding the security and encryption of the information we have spread across our systems.
João Casáis, IT Service and Support Manager, Sporting Club de Portugal
Cyber Protect Cloud
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