Assala Energy Boosts Asset Management and IT Operations with Absolute Secure Endpoint

Assala Energy has five oil fields and production sites in Gabon. These sites are very remote; some are in the middle of the jungle, which can be accessed via a four-hour boat or helicopter ride. Because of these remote locations, communication and asset management are challenging for Assala Energy. They needed to find a solution that would allow them to get a handle on their assets in these remote locations and track and locate missing devices.

Improve Hardware Inventory and Asset Control

One of the challenges Assala Energy needed support with was asset control. “It’s a whole logistical nightmare of having such remote sites,” says Kevin Turnbull, Global IT Director at Assala Energy. They did not have visibility into where these devices were, whether they made it to the remote sites, or whether it was in inventory. With Absolute Secure Endpoint, Assala Energy has greater visibility on and off its corporate network, giving the IT team constant reports on hardware inventory and seeing all enrolled devices.

Retain Command of Endpoints, No Matter Where They Are

In addition to asset control, Assala Energy also leverages Absolute Control capabilities to safeguard devices, applications, and data. Due to the remote environments of the oil fields, devices may go missing or get stolen. With Absolute, not only does Assala Energy have the endpoint visibility needed to get a handle on where devices are, but also the ability to remotely freeze at-risk devices, notifying users with custom messages.

Define Geofences to Detect Unauthorized Movement

Assala Energy uses Absolute’s geofencing feature to incorporate the physical location of these devices into its asset management strategy, specifically on hotspots where devices go missing; the geofencing capability provides the Assala Energy IT team with alerts when an endpoint travels through an area indicated as a hotspot, providing them with the ability to monitor the devices more closely.