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Rugby School

Barracuda maintains productivity in remote learning for international Rugby School

About Rugby School

An English independent boarding school for international pupils between the ages of 13-18, Rugby School, based in Warwickshire, England, is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, Rugby School merged with Bilton Grange Preparatory School, meaning the school’s seven-strong IT team had two sites to manage across an intensely difficult time.

When the pandemic struck, the school suddenly had to rapidly shift to remote learning - not only across the UK, but in China, Russia, Kazakhstan, and other countries. Not only did this present a huge undertaking for its IT team, but their cybersecurity risk increased as its perimeter significantly widened.

MSP Challenge

Remote learning significantly increased the size of the network perimeter
Maintain compliance with government regulations, with staff numbers unable to handle the extra workload

Solution

The school’s MSP, Commercial IT Services partnered with Barracuda to:

Identify and mitigate compromised accounts
Deploy over 3,500 Microsoft Teams sites needed for the school’s remote learning environment
Work together to protect Office 365 inboxes with Barracuda Email Essentials and Sentinel

Results

Barracuda Essentials and Sentinel helped:

Achieve significant cost savings compared to other third-party providers
Reduce time spent on monitoring security of accounts, reducing staffing needs and workload
Meet compliance standards and reporting expectations for stakeholders

Barracuda's leading cybersecurity solutions meet all of the school's needs

Barracuda is a leader in security and the level of features to prevent, detect and respond against threats were a perfect match to be introduced into the technology portfolio at Rugby School.”

Jordan Thomas, Senior Account Manager, Commercial IT Services