Episode 4: Driving the Digital Backbone with Matt Cadieux (Oracle Red Bull Racing Chief Information Officer)

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Episode Notes00:00 — Room tone & setup

Brief pre-roll and sound check before the conversation begins.

04:39 — Opening: Digital backbone of a championship team

Calum introduces the show and guest Matt Cadieux (CIO); framing the scope from HQ to global race operations.

05:37 — Scale & scope: From 300 people to a fully digital enterprise

How the team’s infrastructure now underpins design, manufacturing, racing, marketing, and fan engagement; growth and complexity.

09:53 — Operating everywhere: Security at home and on the road

Challenges of protecting people, devices, and networks across 24 races and third-party venues; building layered defenses and trust.

12:13 — When things go wrong: Outages, malware, and learning loops

Imola’s circuit-wide failure and earlier malware incidents; designing for continuity, playbooks, and graceful degradation.

18:54 — Protecting the crown jewels

Safeguarding CAD, strategy, and dyno data; mapping what’s sensitive, who needs it, and the trade-off between control and speed.

23:52 — The Ops Room advantage

Inside the control room: multidisciplinary decision-making, rapid feedback to the garage, and tools that compress time.

36:37 — Identity first: Passkeys, device trust, and zero-trust ingredients

Why identity and trusted devices are foundation layers; how partnership with 1Password accelerates rollout and best practices.

43:35 — Building Red Bull Powertrains from scratch

Standing up a new digital stack for engines; lessons in scoping, resourcing, and integrating with the chassis program.

47:43 — AI with guardrails

Longstanding ML in F1, plus today’s AI: start small, prove value, scale with controls and procedures.

54:31 — Leadership takeaways

Security as a team sport: invest in people, clarify ownership, choose partners wisely, and communicate in plain English.

57:47 — Close

Final reflections and sign-off.

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