Daniel B. Cid

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Daniel B. Cid
NationalityBrazilian
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Known for OSSEC, Sucuri, CleanBrowsing, security, networking, dns
Website dcid.me

Daniel B. Cid is a tech entrepreneur, open source developer and book author. [1] Cid founded OSSEC, an open source intrusion detection system, in 2004 and led the project until it was acquired by Trend Micro (Third Brigade) on June 16, 2008. [2] He founded Sucuri in 2010, a web site security company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until it was acquired by GoDaddy on Mar 22, 2017. [3]

Cid wrote the Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide book. [4]

Cid is also the founder of CleanBrowsing, a DNS filter and was an advisor at AlienVault. [5]

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References

  1. Bray, Rory; Cid, Daniel; Hay, Andrew (9 April 2008). OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide. Syngress. ISBN   9780080558776.
  2. "Third Brigade acquires OSSEC". LWN.
  3. "Sucuri and GoDaddy team up to protect more websites". GoDaddy Garage. 22 March 2017.
  4. "Daniel B. Cid, Security Laboratory: Thought Leaders". SANS. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  5. "AlienVault Launches Technical Advisory Board" (Press release). 22 August 2012.