GoDaddy acquires security firm Sucuri

Surprising news for many, industry leading web security firm Sucuri has been picked up by GoDaddy. Sucuri is well known for research that has uncovered critical bugs in various web platforms like WordPress and Magento. Following its acquisition by GoDaddy, the company will continue business as usual with plans to deliver new security products in the near future.

Sucuri is an especially big deal in the WordPress community as the company provides a leading security plugin for the platform alongside the likes of Wordfence and SolidWP . Sucuri's blog also provides a key resource for WordPress professionals to keep up on security issues.

The purchase has spawned no shortage of lively discussion in various groups with mixed views about GoDaddy .

For example, this AdvancedWP discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/advancedwp/permalink/1440220396040170/

Considering GoDaddy's purchase of ManageWP last year, the company is certainly showing a serious interest in the WordPress landscape. However, this does present an interesting dilemma for similar web hosting services relying on Sucuri. SiteGround , for example, relies on Sucuri's Site Scanner.

Siteground article on Site Scanner: https://www.siteground.com/blog/sg-site-scanner-powered-sucuri/

Amidst those concerns, it's great to see Sucuri picked up by a larger company that can provide better funding to further its goals.

Sucuri blog post: https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/03/godaddy-sucuri-building-a-security-platform-for-every-website-owner.html