Olin Corporation is a global manufacturer operating across more than 15 countries, running three business segments - Chlor Alkali Products & Vinyls, Epoxy, and Winchester ammunition. Founded in 1892, the company employs nearly 7,700 people. That footprint matters from a security perspective: industrial control systems spanning chemical production, advanced materials manufacturing, and ammunition supply chains represent a broad and consequential attack surface. Process safety and physical security have been embedded in operations for over a century; extending that rigor into cyber-physical domains is the practical challenge.
The Chlor Alkali Products & Vinyls division produces commodity chemicals that feed downstream industries at scale. The Epoxy segment manufactures advanced materials used across countless applications. Winchester has operated for more than 150 years. Each segment runs its own operational technology environments - PLCs, SCADA systems, DCS architectures - alongside enterprise IT infrastructure handling supply chain logistics, regulatory compliance data, and workforce systems. Defending across these distinct technology stacks, with varying legacy constraints, is where the real work happens.
Security roles here aren't about defending a single cloud-native product. The threat model includes state-sponsored actors targeting industrial processes, supply chain compromise across a multinational manufacturing footprint, and the convergence of IT and OT networks where a misconfiguration can have physical consequences. The company emphasizes safety and integrity as core values, and employees contribute tens of thousands of volunteer hours annually. For cybersecurity professionals, that culture translates to an environment where risk management isn't abstract - it's operational.
