MI
Calhoun, Georgia, US
Mohawk Industries
Mohawk Industries is the world's largest flooring manufacturer - $10.8 billion in worldwide sales, approximately 40,500 employees, distribution across roughly 180 countries. That scale means a sprawling attack surface: global ERP systems, OT networks on factory floors, supply chain integrations spanning four continents, and an e-commerce layer serving both residential and commercial customers. The threat model isn't hypothetical. Industrial manufacturers are high-value targets for ransomware, IP theft, and supply chain compromise. The company operates across multiple segments - Global Ceramic (the world's largest ceramic tile and natural stone manufacturer), Flooring North America, Flooring Rest of the World, and a Surfaces segment covering countertops, panels, and insulation. Each brings its own IT and OT footprint. Public since 1992, headquartered in Calhoun, Georgia, Mohawk runs manufacturing and distribution infrastructure at a scale where a single misconfigured service or unpatched SCADA system has real-world consequences. For security practitioners, the draw is complexity: protecting a multinational manufacturing operation means dealing with converged IT/OT environments, securing third-party integrations across a massive supplier and distributor network, and defending enterprise systems that support design, logistics, and retail operations. The work is concrete - network segmentation on production lines, identity management across tens of thousands of employees, incident response across time zones and regulatory regimes. No glamour, just real engineering at industrial scale.
Mohawk Industries is the world's largest flooring manufacturer - $10.8 billion in worldwide sales, approximately 40,500 employees, distribution across roughly 180 countries. That scale means a sprawling attack surface: global ERP systems, OT networks on factory floors, supply chain integrations spanning four continents, and an e-commerce layer serving both residential and commercial customers. The threat model isn't hypothetical. Industrial manufacturers are high-value targets for ransomware, IP theft, and supply chain compromise.
The company operates across multiple segments - Global Ceramic (the world's largest ceramic tile and natural stone manufacturer), Flooring North America, Flooring Rest of the World, and a Surfaces segment covering countertops, panels, and insulation. Each brings its own IT and OT footprint. Public since 1992, headquartered in Calhoun, Georgia, Mohawk runs manufacturing and distribution infrastructure at a scale where a single misconfigured service or unpatched SCADA system has real-world consequences.
For security practitioners, the draw is complexity: protecting a multinational manufacturing operation means dealing with converged IT/OT environments, securing third-party integrations across a massive supplier and distributor network, and defending enterprise systems that support design, logistics, and retail operations. The work is concrete - network segmentation on production lines, identity management across tens of thousands of employees, incident response across time zones and regulatory regimes. No glamour, just real engineering at industrial scale.