Case Study: Rochdale Boroughwide Housing achieves holistic email and web protection and cost savings with Barracuda Networks

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing enhances security and saves resources with holistic email and web protection

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is the UK’s first tenant- and employee‑owned housing society, managing around 13,000 properties and large volumes of tenant personal and financial data. As RBH migrated to Office 365 it faced gaps in protection — multiple vendors for email security and awareness training, no web filtering on laptops, no dedicated cybersecurity team, and a growing ransomware risk — so it needed a more holistic, cloud-native security approach.

RBH deployed Barracuda Total Email Protection (including Cloud-to-Cloud Backup, PhishLine awareness training, AI anti-phishing and automated forensics) together with Barracuda Content Shield for device web protection. Deployment completed within days, consolidated services reduced costs roughly equivalent to one full‑time security specialist, delivered seamless cloud backup, built-in incident response, and stronger staff phishing resilience — delivering improved visibility, control and efficiency.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Ben Smith

Infrastructure and Platforms Manager