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Industrial Cybersecurity for the Mining Industry

Claroty empowers mining operators to secure remote sites and reduce risk by extending comprehensive industrial cybersecurity controls to their cyber-physical systems (CPS).

The Industrial Cybersecurity Challenge Facing Mining

Cyber incidents targeting OT systems—such as those controlling ventilation, haulage, and processing—can result in physical harm, environmental damage, or catastrophic system failures. This elevates cybersecurity to a critical enabler for personnel safety and operational resilience.

1. Legacy systems make easy targets with major impacts

Traditional mining operations were not designed to be connected or secure. Their proprietary protocols and the network architectures in which they operate create challenges for traditional IT security tools.

2. Physical safety risks rely on cybersecurity protections

Mining operations take place in harsh and remote locations with many safety risks for personnel and the environment. Cybersecurity controls must be able to operate in any physical environment to maintain operations and prevent safety-compromising incidents. 

3. Physical operations and their security are subject to regulations

Strict controls are placed on mining operations, which may be met by increasing digital transformation, adding IoT monitoring, and increasing automation. However, more connectivity adds security concerns, which are also governed by regulatory bodies and add their own compliance requirements.

Key Principles for Securing OT in the Mining Industry

Securing the OT environments that underpin mining operations requires three key principles:

1. Gain visibility into all assets in your OT environment

A comprehensive inventory of all CPS devices that underpin your OT environment across each site is the foundation of effective industrial cybersecurity.

2. Ensure physical safety through cyber resilience

A secure operational environment ensures that critical safety controls are operational, industrial automation systems behave predictably, and risk to personnel and operational continuity is minimized.

3. Secure remote operations no matter the conditions

Remote and harsh physical environments require tailored security hardware and purpose-built solutions with high availability and failover options.

Secure Your Mission-Critical Processes with Claroty

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Automate Asset Inventory

Gain deep understanding of all CPS assets with Claroty’s automated discovery techniques and ongoing asset management. Complete, real-time asset inventory underpins your desired security outcomes, enables safe operations, and is necessary for many regulatory requirements.

Manage All Exposures

Identify, assess, and prioritize vulnerabilities and other exposures in production environments with recommended actions to reduce risk. Align the business purpose each device serves to clearly prioritize remediations based on the impact to safety and operations if a device fails.

Enable Network Protection

Segment mission-critical devices to prevent malicious access or abuse, ensuring all necessary controls and processes operate as they should. Network segmentation is possible with complete visibility of device communications and policy recommendations that can be tested to ensure no negative impacts to operations. Granular access controls add proactive network protection within a Zero Trust network design.

Detect Targeted Threats

Stop attackers before your mining operations are impacted by leveraging deep vertical understanding, tailored research, and a variety of threat detection mechanisms. Continuous security monitoring and real-time risk insights keep your environment protected and compliant with both security and environmental regulations.

Simplifying Compliance in Mining

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Global Regulations & Legislation

Claroty’s support for the full CPS security journey supports and simplifies compliance with the requirements set forth by ISO/IEC 27001, IEC 62443, and many more.

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Regional Regulations

Country-specific and regional requirements apply to organizations operating mining sites in those areas.  The Claroty Platform aligns with the following standards and many others: AS IEC-62443, AESCSF, SOCI Act, NIS2, and NERC CIP.

Why the Mining Industry Trusts Claroty

Major global mining organizations trust Claroty to safeguard their CPS and the availability, integrity, and safety of their operations. Here's why:

Top 3
Industrial Automation Vendors

The top 3 automation vendors (Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, and Siemens) invest in, partner with, and are longstanding customers of Claroty.

35+
Awards

Claroty’s comprehensive cybersecurity platform has earned dozens of accolades for seamlessly enhancing the safety, security, and efficiency of OT, IoT, IIoT, BMS, and other CPS.

400+
Disclosures

Our award-winning Team82 researchers have disclosed more than 400 vulnerabilities. Their findings enhance the platform’s protection and drive security across the industry.

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“Overall, Claroty as a team has been great to work with. From start to finish they were extremely accommodating during our bake-off process and always available to assist. We went with them over several other vendors because of their extensive knowledge on OT environments and integrations.”
— Head of IT - Energy and Utilities Read the full review here

Technical Partner Spotlight

Claroty's vast technical ecosystem further expands the capabilities — and ROI — of our automotive customers’ existing security and operational investments. Key technical integration partners include:

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xDome

Claroty xDome is a highly flexible, modular SaaS-based solution that supports your entire industrial cybersecurity journey.

xDome Secure Access

Claroty xDome Secure Access delivers frictionless, reliable, and secure remote access for internal and third-party industrial personnel.

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CTD

Claroty Continuous Threat Detection (CTD) is a robust solution that delivers comprehensive cybersecurity controls for industrial environments.

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