Founded in 1907, AB SKF is a global industrial technology company with over 38,000 employees operating across 130 countries. The company's core domain is rotational motion - bearings, seals, lubrication systems, and mechatronics solutions deployed across automotive, aerospace, renewable energy, and heavy manufacturing. That's a lot of connected OT infrastructure controlling precision-critical systems at scale.
For cybersecurity professionals, the threat model here is industrial: operational technology networks, SCADA environments, and the convergence of IT and OT across a massive, globally distributed manufacturing footprint. Mechatronics solutions increasingly blend mechanical and electronic systems, expanding the attack surface in ways that demand security teams fluent in both domains. The company's commitment to engineering excellence extends to how it approaches the integrity and resilience of its own digital systems.
SKF's scope - spanning virtually every industry that depends on rotational motion - means security work touches endpoints from factory floors to enterprise networks. Protecting precision engineering workflows and customer-facing digital platforms in 130 countries requires serious operational discipline, not just perimeter defense.
