Syhunt

Infobox Company
company_name = Syhunt Technology
company_type = Privately held
foundation = 2003
location =
key_people = Felipe M. Aragon, President
revenue = Not disclosed
num_employees = "Unknown"
industry = Software, Web Application Security
products = [http://www.syhunt.com/sandcat Sandcat] , [http://www.syhunt.com/sandcat_pro Sandcat Professional] , [http://www.syhunt.com/hardener Apache/PHP Hardener]
homepage = [http://www.syhunt.com www.syhunt.com]

Syhunt is a world wide web network security software company with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syhunt was founded on August, 2003, by Felipe Aragon, a network security specialistcite web | url=http://www.syhunt.com/section.php?id=about | title = Syhunt Technology: About Syhunt | format = .htm | publisher = Syhunt | accessdate = January 23 | accessyear = 2007] . The company's operations are currently centered on the development of software relating to the assessment of web servers and web applications.

In 2003, Syhunt released a web application security assessment software known as Sandcat, which focuses on Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and the SANS Institute vulnerabilities. Syhunt has also produced a number of security software utilities, including worm removal tools (during worm outbreaks), server hardening and log analysis tools.

Today the company is still engaged in the development of web application security assessment softwarecite web | url=http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/2007/05/here-come-rolling-scanner-reviews.html | title = Computing Magazine tests | format = .html | publisher = Computing Magazine | accessdate = May 14 | accessyear = 2007] cite web | url=http://www.webhackingexposed.com/tools.html | title = Hacking Exposed Web Applications | format = .htm | publisher = Hacking Exposed | accessdate = February 4 | accessyear = 2007] and also participates the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) cite web | url=http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/organizations.html | title = CVE - Organizations participating | format = .htm | publisher = CVE | accessdate = January 23 | accessyear = 2007] initiative.

External links

* [http://www.syhunt.com/ Official Website]

See also

*Penetration testing
*Network security

References