TECHNOLOGY

Overcoming the cyber threat

WHILE mines are making greater use of digitalisation to overcome the tyrannies of distance and remoteness and break down the silos that can develop because of them, they are also opening themselves up to cyber threats.

Lou Caruana
Increased digitalisation is opening miners up to cyber threats, but those threats are manageable.

Increased digitalisation is opening miners up to cyber threats, but those threats are manageable.

Ernst & Young US Energy Cybersecurity leader Joshua Alexrod said these risks were real but could be managed. "Often when looking at digital transformation, mining companies think about the technology...

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