Case Study: UK Cabinet Office achieves secure, always-on workforce mobility with Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect

UK Home Office uses Global Protect Provides workforce security and flexibility with their mobility

The Cabinet Office’s Technology Transformation programme, supporting UK departments including the Home Office, set out to replace an end‑of‑life outsourced IT service and enable modern, flexible ways of working. Early user research made clear staff wanted better connectivity, more device and application choice, greater mobility and real‑time collaboration — requirements the existing estate could not meet.

The team delivered a greenfield, cloud‑first architecture with managed devices and an always‑on Palo Alto (GlobalProtect) VPN that auto‑connects so users can work securely from anywhere while all traffic is routed through the core for monitoring and control. Coupled with “WiFi everywhere,” a choice of approved devices, controllerless access points and commodity WAN links, the solution cut costs, improved user experience and has received strong feedback while remaining modular and easy to evolve.

UK Cabinet Office