Williams manages unified credentials within a global operations system that employs 1,200 people, while also using quantum-resistant encryption to protect strategic racing data.
Chicago, November 12th / PRNewswire / -- Leading provider in zero-trust and zero-knowledge identity security, Keeper Security, today announced the release of a new case study related to the Atlassian Williams F1 team, detailing how Keeper protects the access credentials for Williams racing data. The Williams team consists of about 1,200 people and operates in over 20 countries each season. During each race weekend, more than 1TB of telemetry, aerodynamics, and simulation data is generated. The FW48 racing cars of this team are equipped with over 400 sensors, providing real-time data streams of 30,000 channels to engineers on-site at the track and at their headquarters located in Oxfordshire, Grove.
In this highly competitive sport, the credentials that protect access to Formula data hold strategic value equal to that of the data itself. Williams utilizes the dark web monitoring capabilities of Keeper Enterprise Password Manager and Keeper to centrally manage these credentials across functions such as engineering, IT, event operations, travel, and marketing. This approach has replaced the use of spreadsheets, chat messages, and informal alternatives that many organizations are still employing to share sensitive access rights.
Keeper Security, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, stated: "Many organizations treat credential management as a compliance issue and leave it to suppliers to handle, which results in security becoming a source of friction. Williams understands that they must regard credentials as an essential part of their infrastructure; in this way, security will not become a bottleneck but rather a foundation that supports speed."
The zero-knowledge architecture of Keeper means that user devices generate encryption keys, which are not stored on the servers of Keeper. Elliptic curve cryptography, AES-256-bit encryption, and password-derived key function 2 ( PBKDF2) provide protection at the vault, folder, and record levels, and multi-factor authentication and biometric authentication are strictly enforced throughout the process. Keeper also incorporates Kyber, which is a quantum-resistant encryption algorithm approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) in the United States. This algorithm is designed to counter the "collect first, decrypt later" attack, where an adversary collects encrypted data today and waits for quantum computing to mature before attempting to decrypt it.
Atlassian Williams F1, a senior information security engineer at the team, said: "F1 is a team sport. If all team members cannot work together on the same task, nothing will function properly. We don't want security to become an obstacle. People need to have access to the information they need when they need it."
"At F1, you always have to consider the next match, the next path for improvement, the next regulatory cycle. So it's great to see that Keeper Security is also adopting the same philosophy, thinking ahead about how to protect us from known threats that are about to come."
In addition to encryption, the shared folders of Keeper and the role-based permission settings enable Williams to automatically assign the correct credentials to employees. The one-time sharing feature allows contractors and third parties to obtain time-limited access rights, which automatically expire without the need for manual intervention. Employees in positions ranging from guest experience to travel management and cost engineering at Williams all agree that the common benefit of this solution is that all dependent credentials can be managed in a centralized and organized manner, and can be accessed consistently regardless of whether the fleet is located at Grove or beside a racetrack on the other side of the world.
Today, Williams employees use Keeper to manage over 17,000 credentials across the factory and event departments. With group-based control, permission configurations for multiple credentials can be completed in just seconds. Whether at the race site, during testing phases, or in the off-season at Grove, Keeper ensures consistent operation wherever these credentials are deployed on the Williams racing cars and IT equipment. From factory workshops to maintenance areas, Keeper provides a consistent and secure way to manage the credentials that support the progress of the racing teams.
For more information, please read the complete case studies of Atlassian Williams F1 Team and Keeper Security.
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Keeper Security is a leading zero-trust and zero-knowledge identity security solution, trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations worldwide. KeeperPAM ® is the privileged access management platform of Keeper, integrating password and token management, confidential management, privileged session management, and terminal privilege management into one cloud-native platform, all protected by quantum-resistant encryption. KeeperAI provides real-time, native to AI threat detection in each privileged session. With the widespread adoption of AI proxies and identity becoming a decisive attack surface, Keeper manages access permissions for human, machine, non-human identities, and AI proxies, serving as a unified control plane for enterprise access, compliance, and visibility. For more information, please visit keepersecurity.com.
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