The mining industry is unique in its complexity, the value of its data, the type of equipment, the scale of the operations and the nature of the environment that is being operated in. The data that a mining company has is very expensive with respect to money and time to obtain and it is of great value. Losing this data to a cyber spy could mean serious financial damage to the company and its shareholders. Mining requires complex critical communication infrastructure to ensure everything runs efficiently and most of all safely. This technology represents a significant risk if it is not addressed properly, lives can be placed at risk, competitors can get the upper hand and operations can brought to a standstill.