The Football Association (FA), English football’s governing body, was formed in 1863 to oversee, promote and develop English football at all levels, from grassroots through to the professional game.
Its core objectives include ensuring that The Emirates FA Cup remains the world’s premier cup competition, that Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park continue to be world-class venues, and that success is achieved with each of its 24 national sides.
The FA is responsible for protecting large quantities of sensitive data, including the personal details of its employees, players, and customers. As it progresses on its digital transformation journey, it needed to ensure that it could provide enhanced protection and monitoring to keep critical services and systems up and running when they’re needed most.
It chose LogRhythm for its unmatched security information and event management (SIEM) maturity, embedded security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) capabilities, and competitive pricing model.
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The Challenge
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world and enjoyed by fans on a far-reaching global scale. It is an industry that is experiencing rapid digital and market growth, and with these advances comes the heightened risk of cyberattacks on the governing bodies responsible for overseeing the sport.
The FA’s reputation as a globally recognized sporting body makes it an extremely attractive target to threat actors. Its high-profile nature combined with the vast amount of sensitive data it is responsible for increases its vulnerability to severe threats, including ransomware and phishing attacks.