Qualys goes to bat for US cricket facet San Francisco Unicorns

California-based Twenty20 (T20) cricket facet the San Francisco Unicorns has enlisted cloud safety and compliance know-how specialist Qualys as its inaugural cyber safety associate for the upcoming summer season 2025 Main League Cricket season in the US.

In change for its suite of IT safety options, together with its safety intelligence platform Enterprise TruRisk, which automates vulnerability detection, compliance and safety throughout the organisation, Qualys might be positioned entrance and centre on the crew’s matchday and coaching strips, in addition to on signage and merchandise. It can additionally be capable to make the most of different branding alternatives, together with placement in matchday broadcasts and media.

The crew’s fan membership, the so-called Sparkle Military, can even incorporate Qualys’s defend brand into its branding.

The 2 organisations stated their partnership mirrored Qualys’s dedication to safeguarding digital organisations and supporting native communities.

“This season marks a big milestone for the Unicorns as we come to play within the Bay Space for the primary time, and we’re thrilled to ship world-class cricket by way of an elite partnership with native cyber safety pioneer Qualys,” stated crew CEO David White.

“Qualys stands out as an organisation for its dedication to excellence; a top quality we try for in all elements of our personal setup. Having their brand prominently displayed on our taking part in jerseys might be a reminder of our personal excessive requirements and values, whereas additionally resonating with our followers proudly sporting the matchday package within the stands.”

The Unicorns are one in all six groups – the others hailing from Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Dallas-Fort Price and Washington DC – that inaugurated America’s Main League Cricket franchise simply two years in the past with the intention of broadening the game’s attraction within the US. Though it’s true the primary ever cricket worldwide was between the US and Canada, the game by no means actually caught on throughout the Atlantic because it was largely formalised after the Conflict of Independence.

Backed by enterprise capitalists Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, who co-founded Junglee, an early web purchasing comparability website acquired by Amazon within the late Nineteen Nineties, and coached by Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, the Unicorns could also be well-placed to capitalise on the present cricket fandom among the many many hundreds of Indian and Pakistani nationals employed in Silicon Valley.

Its rising pool of gamers attracts closely on Australian expertise, together with the likes of former Underneath-19s captain Cooper Connolly, who acquired his first Take a look at Cap this yr towards Sri Lanka; Jake Fraser-McGurk, contemporary from his maiden worldwide half-century towards the England T20 squad final September; and Matt Quick, who scored his maiden One Day Worldwide half-century – additionally towards England – off a mere 23 balls.

“Qualys is proud to sponsor the San Francisco Unicorns, and we’re honoured to have the chance to help a crew that mirrors our values of innovation and dedication,” stated Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO of Qualys.

“This partnership displays our dedication to constructing robust group connections and celebrating excellence throughout all fields,” he added.

The crew will start this yr’s marketing campaign on the Oakland Coliseum on 12 June 2025, when it meets Washington Freedom.