Case Studies > MDR Helps Protect the Assets of one of the Nation's Top Coal Suppliers

MDR Helps Protect the Assets of one of the Nation's Top Coal Suppliers

Company Size

1,000+

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Binary Defense MDR
Advanced Endpoint Detection

Tech Stack

Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
Endpoint Detection

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security
Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Mining

Applicable Functions

Business Operation
Facility Management

Use Cases

Cybersecurity
Intrusion Detection Systems
Remote Asset Management

Services

Cybersecurity Services
System Integration

About The Customer

NACCO Industries, Inc. is a publicly-traded, billion-dollar company that dates back to 1913 when it began as The Cleveland & Western Coal Company. It is the parent company of the North American Coal (NACoal) Corporation, one of the 10 largest coal providers in the US. NACoal operates surface mines that supply coal to power generation and natural resource companies. The company is committed to long-term growth and has a significant volume of proprietary and operational data that needs to be protected. The IT team, led by Ed Slusarski, is small and remote, located at the NACoal headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while Slusarski himself is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Challenge

NACCO Industries, Inc., a large publicly-traded holding company with a major coal company subsidiary, faced significant cybersecurity challenges. The company had a small IT team with competing priorities, making it difficult to protect critical company data and secure the executive team from cyber threats. The Director of IT Audit & Cybersecurity, Ed Slusarski, needed a Managed Detection & Response (MDR) solution that could serve as an extension to the remote IT department, provide 24/7 monitoring, and proactively search for threats without interfering with individual workstations.

The Solution

Binary Defense's Managed Detection & Response (MDR) platform was chosen to address NACCO's cybersecurity needs. The MDR solution was installed on every user's computer and the NACCO servers within about an hour. The platform provides 24/7 monitoring and real-time analysis of threat behavior, with minimal impact on workstation performance. It continues to monitor workstations even when employees are working remotely. The Binary Defense team acts as an extension of NACCO's IT team, providing proactive monitoring, real-time alerts, and guidance. This allows the small IT team to focus on other important cybersecurity control requirements while ensuring that the company's data and workstations are secure.

Operational Impact

The Binary Defense MDR platform provides protection for all NACCO workstations, ensuring that critical company data is secure.
Around-the-clock monitoring and alerting by Binary Defense helps NACCO stay ahead of potential threats or incidents.
Security analysts from Binary Defense act as an extension of NACCO's IT team, providing real-time alerts, reporting, and guidance.
The proactive monitoring by Binary Defense saves time for NACCO's IT team, allowing them to focus on other important tasks.
The option to chat with Binary Defense analysts for guidance and advice has been valuable for NACCO's IT team, helping them stay current on cybersecurity threats and trends.

Quantitative Benefit

Binary Defense's MDR platform accounts for 40% of alerts that a cybersecurity team receives daily, helping to eliminate false positives.
The MDR solution was installed on every user's computer and the NACCO servers within about an hour.