Hispasec is a Spanish cybersecurity company founded in Málaga in 1998. Its services include security audits of web applications, internal networks and perimeter infrastructure, a 24/7 security operations centre (SOC) service and AI-based security tools, and it runs a partner programme. The company is also known as the origin of VirusTotal, the malware-scanning service that a Hispasec co-founder set up and that Google later acquired.
Hispasec has its seat in Málaga, Spain, within the European Union. The website does not state where customer data is stored or who owns the company, so organisations should ask for both in the contract or during due diligence. For a European organisation, a Spanish audit and SOC provider keeps the service relationship under European jurisdiction, but services of this kind still need clear terms on access to systems and data.