ADVISORY/Sourcefire Founder and CTO to Present The Marriage of Open Source with Proprietary Innovation at the LinuxWorld Conference.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. (August 7) LinuxWorld LinuxWorld has various meanings:
--(BUSINESS WIRE) Sourcefire, Inc. Where: Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, CA When: Thursday, August 7th 9:30 am - 10:45 am in Room #303 What: Martin Roesch, founder and CTO of Sourcefire, Inc., a leader in protecting enterprises and government organizations against the threat of network attacks and misuse, is presenting his insights on the union of open source with proprietary innovation during the LinuxWorld Conference. During his presentation on "The Marriage of Open Source with Proprietary Innovation," Roesch will discuss the benefits of this convergence and how it is impacting vendor solutions and customer implementations. He will also provide attendees with real-world examples on the challenges and benefits of combining open source with proprietary technology. Sourcefire leverages the award-winning open source Snort(TM), adding substantial proprietary technologies that deliver the performance, manageability and support required for mission critical implementations. Hear from Martin Roesch on the viability of open source as a business solution for customers and vendors and how companies can make the marriage of open source and proprietary technologies work. Who: Martin Roesch is a respected authority on intrusion detection technology and forensics and is responsible for the technical direction and product development efforts at Sourcefire. He has 14 years of industry experience in network security and embedded systems engineering. Roesch is also the author and lead developer of the award winning open source Snort(TM) intrusion detection technology that forms the foundation for the Sourcefire Intrusion Management System which includes the recently announced Sourcefire Real-time Network Awareness(TM) technology that is redefining the intrusion detection industry. Contacts: Tony Welz President Welz Communications 703.338.7950 tony@welzcomm.com Jennifer Steffens Director, Marketing Sourcefire, Inc. 410.290.1616 jennifer.steffens@sourcefire.com About Sourcefire, Inc. Sourcefire, Inc. is a world leader in intrusion Unauthorized access to a computer system or network. See intruder and IDS. management solutions and has been recognized throughout the industry for enabling customers to quickly and effectively minimize network security risks. Sourcefire's intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. technologies are the most widely deployed worldwide. The Sourcefire Intrusion Management System is the first ever unified security monitoring infrastructure delivering all of the capabilities needed to proactively identify threats and defend against intruders. Founded in 2001 by the creators of Snort An open source network intrusion detection system (NIDS) that is noted for its effectiveness. Developed by Martin Roesch, Snort can also be used just as a packet logger or packet sniffer. For more information, visit www.snort.org. See IDS. (TM), Sourcefire is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Columbia Columbia, cities, United States Columbia (kəlŭm`bēə). 1 City (1990 pop. 75,883), Howard co., central Md., between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. , MD. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit www.sourcefire.com. Snort and Real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. Network Awareness are trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. |
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