Case Study: BMAT achieves rapid threat detection and containment with Barracuda Networks' Email Protection & Managed XDR

Providing rapid threat response for British schools trust BMAT

BMAT is a growing multi-academy trust in Essex and East London that supports 12 schools with over 7,000 staff and students and 4,000+ devices. Faced with a surge in business email compromise and targeted spear‑phishing—culminating in a credential‑phishing incident in early 2025—and a very small IT team, the trust needed faster, more effective threat detection and response.

BMAT deployed Barracuda Email Protection and Barracuda Managed XDR, leveraging AI‑driven impersonation and account‑takeover protection plus a 24/7 SOC. The solutions enabled same‑day containment of a hijacked account, rapid detection of a OneDrive malware upload, clearer reporting and alerts, and freed the IT team to focus on infrastructure upgrades—avoiding extra hires and giving leadership greater confidence in their security posture.

BMAT

Roger O’Connor

IT Director