ADVISORY/Sourcefire Founder and CTO to Teach Intrusion Detection Insights and Participate on CTO Panel At SANS Network Security 2002.

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ADVISORY...for Tues. (Oct. 22)

SANS Network Security 2002

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Where:      Washington Convention Center
            Washington D.C.

When:       Tuesday, October 22, 2002
            Class   9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
            CTO Panel    7:00 PM - 9:00 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 teaching a course titled Intrusion Detection -
            Snort Style. Roesch will provide real world examples based
            on his experiences at Sourcefire and as creator of the
            Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS). This course will
            teach the students how to install, configure, customize,
            and run the open-source Snort IDS.

            In addition, Roesch will participate on a CTO panel that
            will address such topics as straddling the roles of being
            technical purists and realistic business pragmatist. The
            panel will also discuss how to best serve customers and
            how to interact with business partners.

            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 industry experience in network
            security and embedded systems engineering, is also the
            author and lead developer of the award winning open source
            Snort IDS that forms the foundation for the Sourcefire
            product suite.