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Sourcefire

American computer security company

Also known as Sourcefire, Inc.

Founded: 2001
Founded by: Martin Roesch
Headquarters: Columbia
Country: United States
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1.Stated in Crunchbasecrunchbase.com/organization/sourcefire
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Industry: computer security
Parent: Cisco(since 2013)
Website: sourcefire.com

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Sourcefire, Inc was a technology company that developed network security hardware and software. The company's Firepower network security appliances were based on Snort, an open-source intrusion detection system (IDS). Sourcefire was acquired by Cisco for $2.7 billion in July 2013.

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Dissolved: 2013
Legal form: public company
Replaced by: Cisco
Product or material produced: software
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1.Stated in National Software Reference Library
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