Case Study: Royal Air Forces Association achieves automated, organization-wide cyberattack prevention and member data protection with Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform

RAF Charity Securely Serves Members of the Royal Air Force and Their Families, Protected Against Cyberthreats by Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform

The Royal Air Forces Association is a UK charity that supports serving and former Royal Air Force personnel and their families. Faced with an aging, flat network and legacy firewalls that lacked visibility and control, the organization needed to protect sensitive member data—including high-profile individuals—from modern cyberthreats while still enabling staff and regional sites to access business applications reliably.

The association deployed the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform—next‑generation firewalls in its data center and Azure cloud, GlobalProtect for remote users, and Traps endpoint protection—along with Threat Prevention, WildFire and URL filtering. The integrated solution automatically blocks attacks, enforces consistent security from core to endpoints and cloud, improves productivity with selective content filtering, and centralizes control so access is granted based on business need.

Royal Air Forces Association

Darren J. Bisbey

Infrastructure and Security Manager