SECURING A
DISPERSEDWORKFORCERESOLUTE MINING
IS ONE OF THE LARGESTGOLD PRODUCERS,BY VOLUME, LISTEDON THE AUSTRALIAN
STOCK EXCHANGE.
Launched in the 1980s and headquartered in Perth, Western Australia,
the company has operational gold mines in Mali, Africa and in Queensland,

Manufacturing &Distribution

Australia. In 2014, it extracted almost 350 thousand ounces of gold, with• 2 mines operational & several
others under exploration

Resolute Mining is a highly dispersed business with its headquarters in Perth,• 1,000+ employees• Headquartered in Perth, Australia• Using Kaspersky Security for
Business and Kaspersky
Security for Virtualizationa market value of AUS $500 million*.

Challenge
operational mines in Australia and Africa and additional locations where thepotential for gold mining is being explored and tested.
Its people work in big city environments, as well as in extremely remote locations,sometimes with very limited access to IT infrastructure and support.
With the broad mix of skills required in the mining industry, a proportionof its workforce are contractors who arrive on site with their own devices
to connect with Resolute Mining’s network. Whether employees or contractors,
all Resolute’s teams need to stay connected with colleagues, partners andsuppliers at all times.

*at current prices

“	 Kaspersky Lab had by far the highest detection
and success rate and was the only solution able
to knock out some of the test viruses – which
was very impressive.”	Michael Traub, IT Consultant, Resolute Mining

The need for flexibility, speed and information sharing means that Resolute
Mining must maintain fast and flexible access to its network, while maintaining

SECURErobust security arrangements that protect both its data and its ability to remain

The Kaspersky Lab

productive and connected.

package resulted

IT consultant Michael Traub was looking to replace Resolute Mining’s existing
security provider after a series of virus attacks went undetected, causing
significant breaches, loss of productivity and damage to the network.

in greatly reduced
downtime due tovirus attacks

After reviewing three potential vendors, Michael appointed Kaspersky Lab.

The Kaspersky Lab solution

FASTER

Resolute Mining selected Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business to protect

Incidents that do occur

its systems and dispersed workforce, combined with application, device andcan be resolved fasterweb control, mobile security and Mobile Device Management. It choseand more efficiently

Kaspersky Lab because of its world-class multi-layered anti-malware protection.
Later the company upgraded the solution, bringing additional protection andsystems management features – such as patch and vulnerability management
on a simple and robust automated platform – to its overall package.

FLEXIBLE
A dispersed workforce

The vulnerability scanning and patch management technologies help Resolute

can work quickly andMining to eradicate vulnerabilities within operating systems and application

efficiently, at even thesoftware, while data encryption helps to safeguard confidential businessmost remote locations

information. Resolute also selected Kaspersky Lab’s virtualisation security
solution for world-class protection of its virtual servers.
No news is good news in the fast-moving world of gold mining

CONTROL

Resolute Mining’s IT Consultant Michael Traub explains: “We have large numbers

Local control of patchof independent contractors and teams of sub-contractors arriving on sitemanagement avoids

with their own devices and they need to be able to plug into our network andconnectivity issues andsystems and start work straightaway. It is essential that our people are able tomaintains productivity

work productively, flexibly and without interruption.

levels at each remote site

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700
Nodes protected100
Virtual servers
protected“After a number of virus attacks we looked at other vendors. In a test,
Kaspersky Lab had by far the highest detection and success rate andwas the only solution able to knock out some of the test viruses –which was very impressive.
“We upgraded the solution to take advantage of additional features,in particular the patch management capability, which is crucial for us.
Being able to decentralise this to our site-based IT people, avoiding
the need to use our WAN, is a major plus point for our business.
“The combination of Kaspersky Lab solutions gives us a comprehensive
range of tools to apply and we now have the long term depth and qualityof protection that is vital in such a dispersed operation as ours.
“There has been a noticeable reduction in problems with viruses. Reliability
is everything – I need a security system that is working away efficiently in thebackground. With Kaspersky Lab I am minimising the amount of time we are
spending addressing problems – no news is good news!”

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