Daniel B. Cid Explained

Daniel B. Cid
Nationality:	Brazilian
Known For:	OSSEC, Sucuri, CleanBrowsing, security, networking, dns

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; Trunc, a log management and SIEM product; NOC, a WAF/CDN; and was an advisor at AlienVault before their acquisition by AT&T.<ref>AlienVault Launches Technical Advisory Board . 22 August 2012 .

References

• Book: Rory Bray. Daniel Cid. Andrew Hay. OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide. 2008. Syngress. 978-0-08-055877-6.

External links

• Daniel's blog

Notes and References

1. Book: OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection Guide . 9780080558776 . Bray . Rory . Cid . Daniel . Hay . Andrew . 9 April 2008 . Syngress .
2. Web site: Third Brigade acquires OSSEC . LWN.
3. Web site: Sucuri and GoDaddy team up to protect more websites . GoDaddy Garage. 22 March 2017 .
4. Web site: Daniel B. Cid, Security Laboratory: Thought Leaders . SANS . 2019-03-21 . 2019-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321061701/https://www.sans.edu/cyber-research/security-laboratory/article/cid-daniel-tdlr . dead .