Sourcefire is housed in an Ikea-type building constructed to house optical networking start-ups during the dot-com craze. Sourcefire employees seven people on its Vulnerability Research Team to create and test rules. Revenue from the new rules system will also help pay for the equipment Sourcefire uses to develop and test Snort. Marty said that Sourcefire isn’t a “nameless, faceless company. Real people work here” Sourcefire has over 60 people in his Columbia, MD location at over 100 worldwide.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2005/03/visiting-sourcefire-today-i-visited.html