Creator of Snort to Discuss Advantages of Visibility in Protecting Company Networks during Presentations in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey

COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIRE), the creator of Snort^® and a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, today announced its founder and CTO, Martin Roesch, will wrap-up its successful Sourcefire^® Seminar Series in Washington, D.C. and Jersey City, New Jersey. In these sessions, Mr. Roesch will highlight the issues that IT environments face from advanced persistent threats.

Organizations continue to combat an evolving threat landscape that changes rapidly and challenges static IT security solutions. Roesch will discuss the evolution of protection, from preventing attacks to viewing and understanding the activities taking place on the network. In addition to the presentation, there will also be a live technology demo by one of Sourcefire’s security experts.

To Register: http://www.sourcefire.com/news/webinars#seminars

Roesch has a long history of identifying real-world Cybersecurity challenges and developing solutions to address them. He founded Sourcefire in 2001 to deliver commercial security solutions that leverage his open source innovation, Snort, the world's most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology with more than 285,000 registered users and nearly 4 million downloads to date. As the de facto standard for intrusion detection and prevention, Snort is used extensively by Fortune 100 enterprises and government agencies.

About Sourcefire

Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE) is a world leader in intelligent Cybersecurity solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the way Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and minimize network security risks. Sourcefire’s IPS and Real-time Adaptive Security solution equips customers with an efficient and effective layered security defense – protecting network assets before, during and after an attack. Through the years, Sourcefire has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media and industry analysts alike – with more than 50 awards and accolades. Today, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and network security intelligence. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit www.sourcefire.com.

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