How Whirlpool Ramped Up Its Security Hygiene

Global manufacturing businesses have good reason to have cybersecurity on their mind: industrial espionage, connected production lines, and thousands upon thousands of hard-to-find endpoints. Whirlpool understands the massive challenge of securing their business. As the number one selling major appliance manufacturer in the world, Whirlpool Corporation employs almost 100,000 people and has 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe—not the easiest environment to keep an eye on.

Like many multinational businesses, Whirlpool used a variety of different security tools in a lot of different places. In 2015, the team turned to Tanium to help them find a single source of truth for their environment. “Lots of tools let you report on problems or manage problems, but Tanium gave us the ability to both discover and act,” said Greg Fisbeck, Senior Manager of Cyber Security Operations at Whirlpool Corporation. “That was key.”