Inside Oracle Red Bull Racing: How Nimesh Kotecha pushes the boundaries of control

In Episode 3 of Securing the Win, 1Password’s docuseries exploring the behind-the-scenes teams powering Oracle Red Bull Racing, Nimesh Kotecha, Group Head of End User Services, takes us behind that digital command center, not into the cockpit, but into the technology ecosystem that keeps the entire organization moving.

Kotecha and his team manage the infrastructure behind every device, login, and workflow, designing systems that let people move at full speed securely from anywhere in the world. Keeping that network running requires rapid innovation and constant protection.

The driver might be the ultimate end-user, but everyone relies on technology that has to be both secure and seamless.

End-user engines

Formula 1^® teams are engineered for speed, and their digital operations must set the pace. Kotecha’s purview spans service delivery, workplace operations, and client security policies that connect teams across continents. As Oracle Red Bull Racing’s digital footprint expanded, Kotecha turned a reactive IT function into a proactive engine for growth.

We’re pushing boundaries because our users are ahead of the game. They expect the same pace and reliability from IT that they deliver on track.

That expectation has shaped Kotecha's leadership. Processes that were once centered on maintenance now focus on enablement, testing with real users, learning from feedback, and refining controls to enhance security and improve the overall experience. 

It’s an approach built on empathy, the belief that technology should adapt to people, not the other way around. 

Empathy by design: Where security meets speed

Security that creates friction doesn’t last. For Kotecha, the goal isn’t just to lock systems down, it’s to design them so security feels effortless. This philosophy of empathy by design begins with building technology that enhances user needs and preferences.

Every new control or software update undergoes a thorough test. Before rollout, devices are sent to engineers for simulation of race conditions. They measure how new policies affect performance, timing workflows to the millisecond. If a control adds friction, it’s refined until it improves the workflow.

It’s no different from how the car evolves. Threats change, so our solutions have to keep pace. We tweak, we test, and we repeat.

This human-centered approach reflects a principle many enterprises are now embracing: the most effective security moves with people across devices, SaaS tools, and environments.

When protections integrate seamlessly into how people already work, they strengthen both trust and efficiency. For Kotecha, empathy by design isn’t just an IT strategy; it’s a performance advantage that helps everyone focus on what matters most: winning.

The same security, everywhere

Whether a strategist logs in at their Milton Keynes campus computer or an engineer connects a trackside tablet in Singapore, the experience must be identical: fast, reliable, and secure. 

Behind every connection, Kotecha and his team evaluate the context surrounding every sign-in. Where is the request coming from? What device is being used? Has the software been updated? Each answer informs how much trust to grant, ensuring that access considers more than a single yes-or-no decision at login.

Our job is to make sure the right people have access to the right information. Ultimately, we’re trying to limit the risk.

This pursuit of trusted access exemplifies today’s identity-driven security models, where people, not perimeters, define protection. Kotecha and his team maintain a network that moves with users, one that is consistent, context-aware, and continuous.

Layers of defense

Behind that network is a layered architecture built for resilience. Multiple safeguards, encryption, segmentation, and real-time monitoring ensure that if one layer fails, the others remain intact. For Kotecha, resilience is about understanding how each layer complements the next. 

Across industries, traditional tools like single sign-on (SSO) have transformed how people access work. Yet even the best SSO solutions don’t reach every edge of a modern enterprise. Specialized tools, legacy systems, and third-party platforms often reside outside this perimeter, necessitating additional controls and ongoing oversight. 

At Oracle Red Bull Racing, trackside systems, specialized engineering simulation software, and vendor platforms all introduce edge cases that require oversight and unique access controls.

“I’ve been here 10 years and I still don’t have access to the simulator,” quips host Calum Nicholas.

If a breach or anomaly occurs, incident-response protocols activate instantly, containing the threat, halting lateral movement, and beginning remediation. The team monitors alerts in real time, patches vulnerabilities before they spread, and rehearses recovery with the same precision engineers apply to a pit stop.

For organizations that strive for Formula 1^® speed, the takeaway is clear: resilience isn’t redundancy, it’s readiness. Security maturity doesn’t come from stacking solutions, but from ensuring every layer, from identity to infrastructure, works seamlessly together.

In racing, control and confidence converge at the steering wheel. In business, they converge in the systems that unify people, access, and data.

Partner-powered performance

Scaling securely requires partners that can match Oracle Red Bull Racing’s pace. 1Password helps the team simplify access, strengthen identity governance, and remove friction from every login.

By automating strong password generation and eliminating plaintext credentials, 1Password reduces risk while saving time, so engineers can reinvest in performance. Administrators gain complete visibility through audit trails and activity history, reinforcing the team’s least-privilege model. This visibility ensures compliance without added complexity, a model any fast-moving organization can learn from.

For Kotecha, the lesson is simple: simplicity scales. Partners who make security seamless free people to focus on what wins races – speed and trust.

Evolving on the edge

At Oracle Red Bull Racing, that readiness is cultural. Testing, refining, and improving aren’t projects; they’re daily habits that connect engineers, analysts, and IT teams under a shared vision that the best technology improves everything around it.

Kotecha believes the future of security will belong to those who enable people and technology to amplify each other’s strengths. Whether it’s adaptive authentication, continuous posture assessment, or predictive analytics, readiness is measured by how quickly organizations can evolve.

When systems streamline people's performance, security stops being a constraint and becomes confidence in motion. In Formula 1^® and across business, the race for speed has become a race for trusted access, and winning it means every user, device, and connection performs without hesitation.

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