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Legit Security vs Red Hat

Legit Security sells a SaaS security solution and ASPM platform that automates security issue discovery. Red Hat sells a portfolio of hybrid cloud infrastructure, application services, cloud-native application development, automation, and artificial intelligence solutions. CISO Tribune files both under Software supply chain security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Legit Security
  • Red Hat
Legit Security vs Red Hat: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Legit SecurityLegit Security sells a SaaS security solution and ASPM platform that automates security issue discovery.legitsecurity.comRed HatRed Hat sells a portfolio of hybrid cloud infrastructure, application services, cloud-native application development, automation, and artificial intelligence solutions.redhat.com
What it sells
  • ASPM platform[1][5]A SaaS security solution that automates security issue discovery and gives a unified view of application risk from code to cloud.
  • Red Hat OpenShift[3]Red Hat's offering for building and deploying applications at scale.
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform[4]Red Hat's automation that is created, managed, and scaled across an enterprise.
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Recent news
  • June 18, 2026Legit Security announced it was named a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Secure Software Engineering 2026.[4]
  • April 27, 2026Legit Security announced new executive appointments to its leadership team.[3]
  • August 4, 2026Red Hat announced the formation of asago, an open source community project to automate how AI governance policies become deployed AI systems.[6]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[7]
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Who it fits
In our reading, Legit Security addresses organisations that are building an AppSec program. Legit Security says it typically works with organisations above a minimum developer count. Legit Security delivers its ASPM platform as a SaaS security solution. Legit Security deploys without agents, using APIs and access tokens.Organizations that want to move from vulnerability discovery to remediation are the audience for an offering from IBM and Red Hat. Red Hat describes deployment models that run from on premise to the cloud to the edge. Enterprises that manage web environments of any size are the audience for Red Hat's web server. Red Hat frames its hybrid cloud solutions around an open ecosystem of customers, partners, and communities.
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September 27, 2026October 21, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Legit Security and Red Hat are both filed under Software supply chain security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Legit Security's primary category is Application security posture management; Red Hat's is Software supply chain security.
  • Legit Security is also filed under Secrets detection. Red Hat is also filed under Vulnerability management.
  • Legit Security lists ASPM platform. Red Hat lists Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

What it sells: Red Hat

What Red Hat OpenShift does[3]
Red Hat's offering builds and deploys applications at scale. Applications that an organization already has can be modernized with Red Hat's offering.
What Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform does[4]
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is an execution layer for IT operations in the AI era. Red Hat's automation can be created, managed, and dynamically scaled across an entire enterprise. Red Hat supports a managed application for enterprise-wide automation that is deployed in the customer's Azure cloud.

Questions about Legit Security and Red Hat

What do Legit Security and Red Hat sell?
Legit Security sells ASPM platform. Red Hat sells Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Are Legit Security and Red Hat in the same category?
They share Software supply chain security. Legit Security's primary category is Application security posture management and Red Hat's is Software supply chain security.
Who are Legit Security and Red Hat sold to?
In our reading, Legit Security addresses organisations that are building an AppSec program. Organizations that want to move from vulnerability discovery to remediation are the audience for an offering from IBM and Red Hat.
What have Legit Security and Red Hat announced recently?
June 18, 2026: Legit Security announced it was named a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Secure Software Engineering 2026. August 4, 2026: Red Hat announced the formation of asago, an open source community project to automate how AI governance policies become deployed AI systems.

About Legit Security

Legit Security sells a SaaS security solution and ASPM platform that automates security issue discovery. Legit Security gives a unified view of all application risk, from code to cloud, covering what affects an AppSec posture.

Legit Security gives context for prioritizing and acting on remediation of the issues that create the most business risk. Legit Security automates manual processes associated with triage and remediation.

Legit Security discovers, analyzes and secures an end-to-end software supply chain with a real-time SDLC inventory. Legit Security maps and visualizes an entire software supply chain. Customers quoted by Legit Security describe using the platform to inventory SDLC systems and security tools and to view developer activity. A customer quoted by Legit Security describes using the platform to secure CI/CD pipelines, track the security posture of different teams and address SDLC configuration drifts. A customer quoted by Legit Security describes using the platform for governance and for visualization across the SDLC.

Legit Security offers help to organisations as they build an AppSec program. Legit Security helps implement secrets detection and prevention. Legit Security helps identify use of GenAI in development. Legit Security helps align an AppSec program with key compliance standards and frameworks. Legit Security supports security frameworks used to validate and demonstrate compliance.

Legit Security needs no agents to install and uses APIs and access tokens. Legit Security typically works with organisations of 50+ developers. Legit Security was co-founded by Roni Fuchs as CEO, Liav Caspi as CTO and Lior Barak as COO.[1][2]

Legit Security on the record

Sources

Legit Security full record

  1. [1]legitsecurity.comLegit Security · legitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]PlatformLegit Security · legitsecurity.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Legit Security Names New VP of Human Resources, Head of Engineering to Accelerate Next Phase of GrowthBusiness Wire · published April 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Legit Security Named as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Secure Software Engineering 2026Business Wire · published June 18, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Legit Security at Black Hat | Request a MeetingLegit Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

Red Hat full record

  1. [1]redhat.comRed Hat · redhat.com · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]NewsroomRed Hat · redhat.com · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterpriseRed Hat · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]All Red Hat productsRed Hat · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Application failing after updating to JBoss EAP 8 / Application Migration / Jakarta EE namespace - Red Hat Customer PortalRed Hat · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Red Hat Launches asago Community to Automate AI Safety and Governance from Policy to ProductionRed Hat · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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