High-levelcybersecurity
at a gold mining company

1993
Date of establishment

18,000tons of ore
Estimated daily production
capacity of the gold extraction
plant9%
Share of Kumtor in the country's
GDPKumtor Gold Company
The Kumtor Gold Company CJSC is a gold mining company. The Kumtor
deposit is located at an altitude of 4,000 meters in the mountainsof Central Tien Shan, 400 km southeast of Bishkek. Cutting edge
technology, highly qualified personnel, rigorous industrial safety
requirements, the latest best working practices and significant
investments in production development give the company a leading
position in the country's industry and a bright future.

For 30 years, Kumtor has beena major investment project witha significant influenceon the economic developmentof the Kyrgyz Republic

The Kumtor Gold Company
provides jobs for more than
4,000 people

19%
Share of Kumtor in the country's
industrial production

New circumstances
Cybersecurity
partner
The Kumtor Gold Company
has been collaboratingwith Kaspersky since 2021
and is considering expanding
this partnership in the nearfuture.

In 2022, the Kumtor Gold Company, one the largest players
in the gold mining industry, underwent a significant change
in its corporate history — nationalization. This move by the government
imposed new high demands on the company's information security.
Amidst a constantly changing cyberthreat landscape, ensuring thereliable protection of corporate data and infrastructure has becomea priority for the Kumtor Gold Company. This is emphasized not onlyin the company's internal policies but also by the strict regulatory
requirements of the government.
In search of solutions to strengthen its cybersecurity, the Kumtor Gold
Company turned to Kaspersky's products. The vendor's reputation
as a leader in the field of cybersecurity, as proven by yearsof outstanding results in international tests, made its offerings
particularly appealing. When considering implementing Kaspersky
solutions into the Kumtor Gold Company infrastructure,
the effectiveness and reliability of products that have been tried
and tested in a range of industries and countries was a major selling
point.

The path to reliability
In the process of selecting the main vendor whose solutions would
provide the basis for the company's defenses, the Kumtor GoldCompany conducted a series of pilot projects with products fromvarious leading cybersecurity vendors. The purpose of these pilots wasto test and compare the effectiveness of different security systems
to determine which one would best guarantee the reliable protectionof the company's corporate network and data.
Ultimately, the choice was made in favor of Kaspersky products: KATA
(Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack) and KEDR Expert (Kaspersky EDRExpert). These products outperformed the competition in termsof detecting and preventing targeted attacks, as well as in managing
cybersecurity incidents. Subsequently, the company purchased
Kaspersky Security for virtual and cloud environments, Kaspersky
Total Security for Business, and the Kaspersky Automated Security
Awareness Platform.
The implementation and use of these solutions significantly enhanced
the security level of the entire corporate perimeter of the Kumtor GoldCompany, providing a comprehensive approach to threat detection
and rapid incident response. As a result, the company reached a newlevel of information security.

«Aibek Baiganchuk
Deputy Head of Information Security
Department
Kumtor Gold Company

Choosing products from Kaspersky was a significant step in strengthening ourinformation security. These solutions not only provided us with highly effective tools
for detecting and responding to threats but also offered flexibility in security
management. The advantages of KATA, combined with the capabilities of KEDR Expert
in detecting and preventing targeted attacks, allowed us not only to improve the levelof protection but also to optimize event monitoring processes in the infrastructure.

«Valery Zubanov
General Manager
Kaspersky

We deeply value the trust that the Kumtor Gold Company has placed in us by choosing
our products to secure their corporate network. This choice not only demonstratesa high level of trust in our technologies but also recognizes the value of our continuous
pursuit of innovation and improvement in cybersecurity. We are pleased to be partof their information security strategy and look forward to continuing our collaboration,
helping the Kumtor Gold Company protect their data and infrastructure from the latest
cyberthreats.

Solutions
Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack, when combined with Kaspersky EDR Expert, offers a native XDR-classsolution with extensive capabilities for detecting, investigating, and responding to complex cyberincidents.
The solution allows you to monitor and reliably protect all popular entry points of potential threats: network,
web traffic, email, workstations, servers, and virtual machines.
The Kaspersky Automated Security Awareness Platform is an automated platform for raising cybersecurity
awareness. The platform is an online tool that helps employees systematically develop effective and practicalcyberhygiene skills.

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