Overview

Allied Mineral Products is a global manufacturer specializing in refractory materials used in extreme heat environments such as furnaces, boilers, and launchpad infrastructure. The company’s products are essential in industries where materials must withstand extremely high temperatures.

Because Allied Mineral Products maintains an internal research and development department, protecting proprietary intellectual property is a core priority. The company needed a proactive way to prevent sensitive R&D data from being removed from the organization by employees or departing staff.

To address these risks, Allied Mineral Products deployed CurrentWare across its environment to control removable media access, gain visibility into employee activity, and reduce the risk of insider driven data loss.

The Challenge

Protecting Intellectual Property From Insider Data Exfiltration

Before implementing CurrentWare, Allied Mineral Products relied heavily on Microsoft security tools for visibility into data activity. While these solutions provided useful monitoring capabilities, they lacked the proactive enforcement needed to stop sensitive information from being copied or removed from the organization in real time.

The IT team identified several risks:

• Insider threats involving employees copying company data before leaving the organization
• Limited ability to proactively prevent data from being copied to USB devices
• Delayed detection when suspicious activity occurred
• Fragmented visibility across multiple systems

Although the company had not experienced a catastrophic breach, past incidents involving data exfiltration demonstrated that the risk could translate into real financial consequences.

When proprietary information is removed and used to establish competing businesses or capture customers, the resulting loss of revenue can be substantial. As a result, leadership tasked the IT team with implementing an agent based solution capable of proactively controlling data movement.

Deploying CurrentWare for Proactive Data Loss Prevention

After evaluating several potential solutions, the Allied Mineral Products IT team selected CurrentWare because it offered the precise functionality they needed without requiring them to replace their existing endpoint security stack.

CurrentWare enabled the team to:

• Control removable media usage across the organization
• Monitor data movement activity from endpoints
• Maintain layered security alongside existing Microsoft security tools
• Deploy an agent-based solution capable of proactive enforcement

The deployment covered more than 1,100 endpoints across the organization.

Implementation with rollout completed in phases using several deployment methods:

• Active Directory startup scripts
• Microsoft Intune deployment
• Remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools
• Automated PowerShell scripting

The IT team achieved a 90% automated deployment rate, with the remaining systems installed manually to ensure complete coverage.

The Results

Reduced Data Exfiltration Risk and Greater Operational Visibility

Since implementing CurrentWare, Allied Mineral Products has significantly strengthened its ability to prevent sensitive information from leaving the organization.

Key outcomes include:

Reduction in USB Data Exfiltration

By restricting and monitoring removable media access, the company has reduced the likelihood of employees copying sensitive files to external drives.

Layered Security Architecture

CurrentWare now works alongside existing security tools to create a multi layered defense strategy that blocks unauthorized data transfers while maintaining visibility.

Faster Investigation of Security Events

When potential incidents arise, the IT team can quickly review activity data to determine what actions occurred and whether sensitive files were involved.

Improved Peace of Mind for IT Leadership

Knowing that sensitive company information is protected provides reassurance to both IT administrators and executive leadership.

The number of “all hands” incident investigations related to suspected data exfiltration has decreased significantly since deploying CurrentWare.

Expanding Value With Workforce Monitoring

Following the success of AccessPatrol, the company expanded its use of CurrentWare by implementing BrowseReporter for targeted investigations and productivity insights.

Rather than deploying workforce monitoring across all users, the IT team uses BrowseReporter strategically when managers need visibility into specific situations, such as:

• Investigating potential productivity issues among remote employees
• Reviewing activity during internal investigations
• Generating clear reports for management

Previously, gathering this information required assembling data from multiple tools. With CurrentWare, the IT team can now access activity insights through a single dashboard.

Why Allied Mineral Products Chose CurrentWare

While several solutions were evaluated, CurrentWare ultimately stood out for three key reasons:

Flexible Security Without Replacing Existing Tools

Many competing solutions required switching endpoint detection platforms. CurrentWare filled a specific security gap without disrupting the existing stack.

Ease of Deployment

The agent based deployment integrated easily with the organization’s existing infrastructure and management tools.

Exceptional Customer Support

According to the Allied Mineral Products IT team, CurrentWare’s support team was a major differentiator throughout the evaluation and deployment process.

Support requests are typically answered the same day, and the team works closely with customers to address technical questions and incorporate product feedback into future releases.

The Future

Allied Mineral Products continues to rely on CurrentWare as a core component of its data protection strategy. As the organization grows, the IT team plans to expand its use of CurrentWare capabilities to further strengthen visibility and security across its endpoint environment.

With proactive data protection, strong customer support, and flexible deployment options, CurrentWare has become a key tool for safeguarding the company’s intellectual property and maintaining operational security.