Open Source Security, Inc.

Remote
Founded 2004

Open Source Security, Inc. develops OSSEC, a comprehensive open-source Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) that provides log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, and active response capabilities. The platform helps organizations detect and respond to security threats across their infrastructure.

Last Updated: March 13, 2026

Current Valuation

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Funding Summary

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Core OSS Projects

Memory protection and randomization tests (not limited to PaX enabled kernels).

License: GPL-2.0

PoC exploits associated with the blog at https://grsecurity.net/exploiting_and_defending_against_same_type_object_reuse.

License: GPL-2.0

IDA Pro Python plugin to analyze and annotate Linux kernel alternatives.

License: BSD-3-Clause

IDA Pro Python plugin to decode RAP return hash sequences in the Linux kernel.

License: BSD-3-Clause

Business Information

Industries

Software

Technologies

Developer Tools
Security
SIEM

Sectors

Enterprise

Licenses

GPL-2.0-only

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