About Us

Focused on its mission to deliver intelligent security infrastructure for the most efficient and effective risk management, Sourcefire has become the world leader in real-time adaptive network security, giving organizations maximum knowledge to protect against attacks.

The company was founded in January 2001 by Martin Roesch, author of open source Snort®, the world’s most downloaded intrusion detection and prevention technology with nearly 4 million downloads to date. In response to increased demand for a commercial version of the popular software, the company developed the Sourcefire 3D® System—a systematic network defense system built on Snort and designed to adapt to dynamic networks and threats in real-time. With 7 patents awarded and 38 patents pending, Sourcefire's strong commitment to innovation continues to break new ground.

Financials
Sourcefire (Nasdaq: FIRE) revenues for 2009 fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 grew to $103.5 million, an increase of 37% over the previous year’s $75.7 million. Gross profit for 2009 grew nearly 40% to $81.4 million. International revenues were $23.7 million in 2009, up 31% over 2008. At the end of 2009, the company had over $123 million in cash and equivalents. Click here for additional financial information.

Customers
The company’s solutions and open source technologies are deployed in nearly all of the Fortune 100 companies, in over 50% of the Fortune 500 companies, 42% of the Global 500, and across all branches of the military as well as in the largest civilian government agencies. In fact, the company’s U.S. federal government business grew 92% to $30.2 million in revenues in 2009, up from $15.8 million in 2008.

Partners
With 78% of revenue driven through the channel, Sourcefire is deeply committed to its strong partner network and has over 180 active partners around the world including resellers, technology partners and MSSPs (managed security services providers) and more than 100 Snort integrators. For information on how to become a partner, click here.

Open Source Advantage
Sourcefire currently manages some of the world’s most respected open source security projects including Snort and ClamAV®, the most commonly used open source anti-virus and anti-malware product in the world. Through this connection to the open source security community, Sourcefire offers organizations the best of both worlds—open source collaboration and innovation teamed with a fully commercially supported solution. To learn more click here.

Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team™ (VRT)
Because dynamic threats require a dynamic response, Sourcefire complements the 3D System with the Sourcefire VRT—some of the most renowned security experts in the industry working around the clock to proactively discover, assess, and respond to the latest trends in hacking activities, intrusion attempts, and vulnerabilities. The Sourcefire VRT develops rules to protect Sourcefire customers and Snort users against emerging exploits before they are released into the wild. To find out more click here.

Recognition
Sourcefire has garnered significant industry recognition since its inception. Most recently, the company received the 2009 SC “Reader Trust” award, Network World’s “2009 Best of Tests” award, the “Leader” ranking in the Gartner IPS Magic Quadrant for the fourth consecutive year, and ICSA Labs’ certification for the full line of Sourcefire 3D Sensors. For more information on awards Sourcefire has received, click here. Download the Sourcefire Corporate Fact Sheet for more information.