ADVISORY/Sourcefire Founder and CTO to Provide Security Insights at Counter-Intelligence In Internet Security: Honeypot Best Practices Conference.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday - Friday (Nov. 7 - 8)

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Sourcefire, Inc.:

Where:          The Rio Hotel
                Las Vegas, NV

When:           Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 10:30 AM
                Friday, November 8, 2002 at 3:00 PM

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 during two
                conference sessions: "Finding the Honeypot That's
                Right For You: An Overview of Types of Honeypots" and
                "Enhancing Existing Intrusion Detection Systems with
                Honeypots."

                The "Finding the Honeypot That's Right For You: An
                Overview of Types of Honeypots" session at 10:30am on
                Thursday November 7 will introduce attendees to
                available honeypot solutions and outline the benefits
                of each. Mr. Roesch will also provide attendees with
                criteria on how to find a honeypot that fits their
                company's topology and budget and whether they should
                consider commercial or open source solutions.

                The "Enhancing Existing Intrusion Detection Systems
                with Honeypots" session at 3pm on November 8 will
                educate attendees on how honeypots can add value to
                their intrusion detection systems. Mr Roesch will also
                provide his vision on the future of honeypots.

                Roesch, a respected authority on intrusion detection
                technology and forensics, is responsible for the
                technical direction and product development efforts at
                Sourcefire. Roesch, who has 14 years of industry
                experience in network security and embedded systems
                engineering, is also the author and lead developer of
                the award winning open source Snort intrusion
                detection technology that forms the foundation for the
                Sourcefire product suite.