Case Study: Rugby Football League achieves uninterrupted email continuity and rapid threat protection with Mimecast

The UK’s Rugby Football League Wins Security Scrum with Mimecast

The Rugby Football League (RFL), the national governing body for Rugby League in England, faced the sudden need to keep operations running and meet broadcast and competition commitments when staff moved to remote work during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Their chief concern was maintaining email continuity, security and archiving while protecting staff using home networks.

By relying on Mimecast’s cloud-based Email Security (with Targeted Threat Protection), Cloud Archive, Email Continuity and Awareness Training — integrated with Microsoft 365 — the RFL kept all 150 users working without disruption. Mimecast’s monthly awareness content and phishing tests improved remote-worker behaviour, while fast incident identification and remediation stopped attacks within seconds, enhancing security and saving significant time.

Rugby Football League

Matthew Dews

Head of Technology