Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-186 · dossier edition · 3 August 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

cybersecurity transformation · completed

Belfast City Airport completes a CAF-aligned security transformation

Belfast City Airport completed a phased security transformation with Viatel and achieved the evidenced Cyber Assessment Framework compliance milestone.

Organisation
Belfast City Airport, United Kingdom
Predecessor
legacy perimeter systems and a less mature, more reactive monitoring posture
Destination
Palo Alto firewalls, IBM QRadar SIEM, F5 Access Policy Manager and embedded governance, incident-response and continuity controls
Workload
Palo Alto Networks, IBM QRadar and F5 Access Policy Manager
Stage
completed
Evidence boundary: CAF compliance is the evidenced milestone, not proof that cyber risk is eliminated. The multi-year maturity, governance and maintenance programme continues.

Verified platform change

Belfast City Airport completed a phased security transformation with Viatel and achieved the evidenced Cyber Assessment Framework compliance milestone.

Transition

From: legacy perimeter systems and a less mature, more reactive monitoring posture

To: Palo Alto firewalls, IBM QRadar SIEM, F5 Access Policy Manager and embedded governance, incident-response and continuity controls

Known unknowns

CAF compliance is the evidenced milestone, not proof that cyber risk is eliminated. The multi-year maturity, governance and maintenance programme continues.

Official sources

  1. From runway to resilience: Belfast City Airport's cybersecurity partnership with Viatel — 2026-01-12