Red Hat

What the company sells

Red Hat provides open source software platforms, including Linux, cloud and automation products, and participates in Lightwell, a joint initiative with IBM that finds and remediates vulnerabilities in open source code and builds trust infrastructure for open source software.^[1][2]

Categories

• Software supply chain security (primary category)
• Vulnerability management

Headquarters

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Ownership

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Website

redhat.com

Products and services

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• Lightwell^[1][2]

  A joint initiative with IBM that identifies and remediates vulnerabilities in open source software and expands offerings aimed at open source trust infrastructure.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Red Hat's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On software supply chain security, Red Hat competes with Anchore, RapidFort, Archipelo, Chainguard, Aqua Security, Cycode, Finite State, GitHub Advanced Security, Legit Security, Phoenix Security and 5 more.

• On vulnerability management, Red Hat competes with ConnectSecure, Anchore, RapidFort, Blue Mantis, Guardare, ICF, Infosys, Leidos, Parsons, RAD Security and 3 more.

References

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1. [1]redhat.comRed Hat · redhat.com · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]NewsroomRed Hat · redhat.com · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

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