Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-172 · dossier edition · 2 August 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

security operations · contracted

Great Britain Emergency Services Network security programme contracts Palo Alto Networks

UK Home Office Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme / Emergency Services Network contracted and underway, not completed migration: a multi-year security build with IBM using Palo Alto Networks controls for the private-5G/mobile network, cloud environment, security operations centre, 24/7 incident response and digital forensics.

Organisation
UK Home Office Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme / Emergency Services Network
Predecessor
No named predecessor platform is stated in the official evidence
Destination
a multi-year security build with IBM using Palo Alto Networks controls for the private-5G/mobile network, cloud environment, security operations centre, 24/7 incident response and digital forensics
Workload
a multi-year security build with IBM using Palo Alto Networks controls for the private-5G/mobile network, cloud environment, security operations centre, 24/7 incident response and
Stage
contracted
Evidence boundary: the source establishes the programme and named security scope; it does not prove that the complete ESN service or every security component is already operational.

Verified platform change

UK Home Office Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme / Emergency Services Network contracted and underway, not completed migration: a multi-year security build with IBM using Palo Alto Networks controls for the private-5G/mobile network, cloud environment, security operations centre, 24/7 incident response and digital forensics.

Transition

From: No named predecessor platform is stated in the official evidence

To: a multi-year security build with IBM using Palo Alto Networks controls for the private-5G/mobile network, cloud environment, security operations centre, 24/7 incident response and digital forensics

Known unknowns

the source establishes the programme and named security scope; it does not prove that the complete ESN service or every security component is already operational.

Official sources

  1. Great Britain Emergency Services Network security programme contracts Palo Alto Networks — 2025-01-15