In Formula 1, milliseconds matter… and so does security. Keeper Security has helped Atlassian Williams F1 Team tighten its cyber defences, revealing how the iconic racing team is using KeeperPAM to protect its data, systems and global operations without taking its foot off the accelerator.
Announced on 13 January 2026, a new case study from Keeper Security details how Atlassian Williams F1 Team has overhauled its privileged access strategy using KeeperPAM, a unified, cloud-native Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform built on zero-trust and zero-knowledge principles. With terabytes of sensitive telemetry and performance data generated every race weekend, any breach, whether trackside or back at base, could be race-ending.
Unlike many organisations, Atlassian Williams F1 Team’s infrastructure isn’t parked in one place. It’s constantly on the move, travelling across more than 20 countries each season. From airports and paddocks to garages and headquarters, the team needed cybersecurity that could keep pace with a relentless global schedule without adding friction.
“We travel to more than 20 countries each season, and every week we’re in a new location,” said James Vowles, Team Principal, Atlassian Williams F1 Team. “Our infrastructure isn’t sitting safely in a single building – it’s traveling with us. That means we have to be secure wherever we are, from airports to garages to our HQ at Grove. With Keeper, we can build that fortress around our operations.”
KeeperPAM delivered that protection by putting zero trust at the heart of access control. Through role-based access, privileged session monitoring and automated provisioning, the platform allows Atlassian Williams F1 Team to enforce least privilege while keeping engineers and staff moving at racing speed.
The team has also streamlined operations by funnelling all privileged connections through a single platform, giving security teams better visibility and faster reaction times when something looks off.
“We now have a single platform where all of our connections go through,” said Harry Wilson, former Head of Information Security, Atlassian Williams F1 Team. “We can apply policies, monitor usage and generate alerts when something unexpected happens. Doing that on our server estate was critical to us.”
KeeperPAM brings together enterprise password management, secrets management, privileged session management, endpoint privilege management, secure remote access and dark web monitoring into one cloud-native platform. By replacing legacy tools with a single solution, Keeper Security says organisations gain real-time visibility, automated least-privilege enforcement and AI-driven threat detection, helping them spot threats before they cross the finish line.
For Atlassian Williams F1 Team, flexibility was just as important as control. Engineers occasionally need elevated access, but only when it’s genuinely required and never longer than necessary.
“There are times when employees need local admin rights on a case-by-case basis,” added Wilson. “With Keeper, we can grant that access in real time and remove it automatically, which gives us confidence that privileged access is always controlled and temporary.”
Keeper Security believes modern PAM needs to work quietly in the background, more like a finely tuned race engine than a heavy braking system.
“Modern PAM has to do more than secure credentials. It has to automate provisioning, rotate secrets and eliminate standing privileges – all without burdening IT teams,” said Craig Lurey, CTO and Co-founder, Keeper Security. “That’s why we designed KeeperPAM to replace complexity with automation, freeing organisations like Atlassian Williams F1 Team to focus on what they do best.”
By centralising all credentials within a zero-knowledge environment, Atlassian Williams F1 Team has eliminated plaintext exposure while automating the provisioning and deprovisioning of privileged access. The result is lower operational overhead for IT teams and fewer roadblocks for engineers pushing performance innovation.
With KeeperPAM in place, Atlassian Williams F1 Team can now operate securely on any device, on any network, anywhere in the world. In a sport where marginal gains make all the difference, cybersecurity has become another competitive edge, helping the team stay secure, agile and firmly in the race.
